CrossBar media was founded by Samir Abed, who was watching the closing credit roll after a broadcast of Iran Contra hearings, when he noticed it said “For a transcript, please mail $25 and a SASE.” So, he sent his money to PBS in New York and waited. And waited. 6 weeks later, the transcripts arrived, and
CrossBar media was created because its founder, Samir Abed, became annoyed at PBS. They wanted $25, 6 weeks and a self-addressed-stamped envelope (remember those?) in order to send him the transcripts of the IRAN Contra hearings he’d been watching.
What was the holdup? PBS already had the close-captioned documents – he saw them with his own eyes rolling across the screen. Surely there’s a better way to distribute this information . And that’s where CrossBar media was formed.