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Must Reads
This is where you'll find breaking news, press releases, new research and reports and other important materials that can't be missed.
April 10.2008
When more than 3 million voters under age 30 turned out for recent caucuses and primaries, they staked a claim as a major force shaping this historic presidential election.
April 8.2008
Army officials say they “started an aggressive campaign to deal with the mice infestation” last October and that the problem is now at a “manageable level.” The big winner in yesterday’s Pulitzers? The investigation.
March 28.2008
Bearing video cameras, laptops and cellphones, a small army of young activists flooded into a recent federal meeting in protest. Members of public-interest group Free Press weren't there to support a presidential candidate or decry global warming.
March 19.2008
Today, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it will hold a second public hearing on the future of the Internet on April 17 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.
News Headlines
Read the most recent news articles on media reform issues.
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December 31.1969
Online advertising firm, NebuAd, may have stepped over the line with its ad-targeting scheme that monitors Web browsing and alters computer codes. And Philadelphia has announced a deal with local investors to keep its muni wi-fi project alive after Earthlink bowed out earlier this month.
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June 28.2008
Residents of Beijing will have citywide Wi-Fi service by 2010, if everything goes as planned.
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July 3.2008
A federal judge yesterday ordered that records of every video watched on YouTube be handed over to Viacom as part of its ongoing $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google.
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July 3.2008
During a segment on Fox News in which two New York Times reporters were labeled as "attack dogs," photos of the reporters were digitally altered in unflattering ways.
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July 3.2008
The cuts to staff and content at the Los Angeles Times will be "difficult and painful," said editor Russ Stanton. But he says it's "absolutely crucial" to move through the process of unifying its print and Web staffs into a single editorial operation.
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July 3.2008
Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to force the Department of Justice to respond to a FOIA Request submitted late last year, seeking documents about the practice of using mobile phones to track your every move.
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July 2.2008
A new study shows that those TV stations that produced high-quality local newscasts did better in hanging on to their audience at a time when viewership as a whole declined, turning conventional wisdom -- if it bleeds, it leads -- on its head.
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July 3.2008
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin may be hailed as a hero to members of the Parents Television Council, but he's been a thorn in the side of the cable TV industry.
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July 3.2008
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh will celebrate the 20th anniversary of his national radio program. At 57, he is an American icon, although his fans and critics don’t agree on precisely what he is iconic for.
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July 3.2008
Rush Limbaugh and Clear Channel's Premiere Radio Networks have agreed to a contract extension that will pay the conservative talk-radio pundit more than $400 million through 2016.
