New York

Verizon Promises Not to Cherry Pick Philadelphia

Stevie Converse — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:17:11 -0800

New York Advised to Study Broadband Alternatives to Municipal Wi-Fi

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:36:37 -0700

Net Providers to Block Sites with Child Sex

Stevie Converse — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:50:11 -0700

Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block access to Internet bulletin boards and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography.

Eco-media in the Arts: Transnational Temps

deck — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:48:00 -0700

Why "Earth Art for the 21st Century"? Like a lot of people, the artists who formed Transnational Temps in 2001 (info about the collective follows this article) sensed that coverage of global warming and other environmental issues was woefully inadequate. Commercially sponsored "informative" programming continues to suffer from attention deficit disorders, to say nothing of conflicts of interest. The Internet has presented a means to address the situation.

Murdoch lurking over New York City, once again

alicelee727 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:10:00 -0700

Tribune Agrees to Sell Control of Newsday to News Corp.

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:37:10 -0700

Tribune Co. has reached a preliminary agreement with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to sell control of Newsday of Long Island, the media conglomerate's third-largest newspaper, in a deal valued at $580 million, according to people familiar with the negotiations.

Would News Corp. Need FCC Help to Keep Stations, Newsday?

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:32:16 -0700

There seems to be some question as to whether News Corp. would have to either apply for a Federal Communications Commission waiver or divest its New York TV stations if it decides to buy Newsday.

Niagara County Legislature Won't Return Christy to Cable

Stevie Converse — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:18:32 -0700

Despite protests from a gathering of supporters, the Niagara County Legislature Tuesday defeated a resolution calling for the return of host Tom Christy to a cable television program.

Advertisers, Privacy Advocates Debate Where to Draw Line

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:53:42 -0700

A pending bill in New York that would regulate online ad targeting is drawing mixed reactions. Privacy advocates praise the bill's substance, saying that proposals to curb online data collection practices are long overdue.

Bad News for Google, Yahoo: Surfers Know They're Being Tracked, and Hate It

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:46:58 -0700

Web surfers know full well their online tracks are being followed for advertising purposes, and they don't like it, says TNS Global.

No To Monopolies; No To Sirius/XM Merger

Rep. Slaughter — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:53:00 -0800

In February 2007, Sirius and XM announced
a merger that would create a single satellite radio network in the
United
States. However, since Sirius and XM are the
only satellite networks in the nation, a merger between the two would create a
monopoly.

Congressman Nadler, You've Been Had!

Sascha D. Meinrath — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:48:00 -0800

Congressman Nadler's recent Op-Ed in the New York Times, "We Interrupt This Broadcast" is full of misinformation and verifiable incorrect assertions. Folks like former FCC Senior Counsel, Kenneth Carter, and Matthew Lasar over at ars technica have already taken the piece to task for reading like a spin project of the National Association of Broadcasters. Since I've had a bit more time to address Congressman Nadler's Op-Ed rather than just focus on the propaganda aspects of the piece, I thought I'd provide some primary sourcing to directly refute the main points of his article.

my newspaper ignores important national matters ,thereby keeping important info from the public

frances hirsch — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:36:00 -0800

Devil Clinton, Angel Obama, Supreme Court Media, Chief Justice CNN (Part I)

dzifman — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:58:00 -0800

Clinton wants to hijack America

New York City Community Media News

Stevie Converse — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:55:00 -0800

Two important New York City Community Media stories were in the news this week.

NYC to Hold Cable Franchise Renewal Hearings

NY Congressman Vito Fossella replies and I ask for more consideration.

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:03:00 -0800

After writing "Now Big Media can hurt workers better" and spreading it as far across the net as I possibly could, I took further action via E-Activist

Deconstructing the Myth of the "Liberal Media"

maab30 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:20:00 -0800

There
still seems to be a certain
skewed perception of the media held by the conservative public and
perpetuated by those within the current administration. Whenever the
media actually does its job and roots out anything unfavorable to the
current administration, the uncovered facts are written off as "liberal

read more

Now Big Media can hurt workers better

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:41:00 -0800

Hello, my name is Joe, I am a rank and file union member and on staff at the independent labor movement website UnionReview.

FCC to Tribune: So Sue Me

Craig Aaron — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:10:00 -0800

Late on Friday — which FCC watchers know is the only time new policies are announced– the agency effectively granted Tribune Co. further waivers to operate both TV stations and the major daily newspaper in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Miami and Hartford Conn.

The FCC had been under intense lobbying pressure to approve the waivers so that real estate magnate Sam Zell could complete his complex buyout of Tribune before the end of the year. But FCC Kevin Martin didn’t stop there.

The FCC could have issued a single temporary waiver while it sorts
out the rules governing newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership everywhere.
But the FCC’s maneuver is far more complicated — and devious.

New Jersey Citizens Fight for Their Voice

Josh Stearns — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:53:00 -0800

Tomorrow, Wednesday, Nov. 28th, there is going to be an unprecedented
hearing in New Jersey. Concerned citizens and public interest groups have petitioned the FCC to deny WWOR-TV 9's license to broadcast on the public airwaves, asserting that they have not lived up to their commitment to serve New Jersey communities.