For years, broadcasters didn't get a nickel out of retransmission consent. But broadcast content is what the cable industry was selling to customers.

- Gordon Smith

From the American retelling of Romeo and Juliet in West Side Story to the Japanese adaptation of King Lear in Ran, Shakespeare's cultural influence i…

- Gordon Smith

In my day, the players used to work their socks off. It's all changed now, obviously.

- Gordon Smith

Pay-TV companies that built their businesses on the backs of local and network broadcast signals should pay a fair price for access to that high-valu…

- Gordon Smith

I think I have over 60 apps on my iPhone. I use six.

- Gordon Smith

We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have felt …

- Gordon Smith

If policymakers are serious about avoiding a society of TV 'haves and have-nots,' they should refrain from policies that favor pay-TV operators over …

- Gordon Smith

I believe that the Government's first duty is to defend its citizens, to defend them against the harms that come out of hate.

- Gordon Smith

A lot of things people see as innovative are faddish and fleeting, and I'm simply telling you, staying power like broadcasting has is more important …

- Gordon Smith