“It’s always good to see more women’s voices in media, particu-larly as owners, leaders and sources,” said Julie Burton, president of the Women’s Media Center (WMC). “The [WMC] hopes that as the Sarah Palin Channel develops its online network team that it will be cognizant of women’s representation behind the scenes and in front of the camera, particularly in light of recent Radio Television Digital News Association (RTNDA) and American So-ciety of News Editors (ASNE) studies showing some gains for women and people of color, yet still widespread disparity.”

In this year’s nominations, only 26 percent were women, accord-ing to an analysis by Rachel Larris of Women’s Media Center. This number isn’t improving either. In 2013, the ratio for Emmy nominations was about the same