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The Mouse Likes His Media Consolidation

Joe Public — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:27:00 -0700

Oh, Mickey - you once were so innocent and independant.

TVday reports:

Use economics to fight Comcast....

greihing — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:15:00 -0700

The power of money is the only thing that these companies understand.

Renewed Hope for Wireless Cities

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:46:13 -0700

"The New York Times is the latest to declare the demise of muni-wireless: 2005-2007 RIP. It's time to stop flogging a dead horse.

media bias against Hillary Clinton

jaworden — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:04:00 -0800

The media bias against Hillary Clinton has been outrageous and dishonest-- from not giving her credit for the delegates she has earned to numerous other atrocities. I am not only voting for her because she is an intelligent, courageous person, I am voting for her because I am a pragmatist. This country needs her. We have been seven years with a president who is incompetent.

Student Newspaper Takeover by Big Media?

mpetti — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:09:00 -0800

Gannet is one of the largest publishing companies in the country, owning nearly 100 daily newspapers including USA Today, as well as non-daily newspapers and 23 TV stations. They have some big plans. Their plans are strategically rooted in the “lucrative” world of student-run newspapers.

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.

The BILL HAFT Show

BILL HAFT — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:18:00 -0700

The Bill Haft Show is funny, energizing, informative and just what Political Talk Radio needs.

Both entertaining and informative

Why Low Power FM Radio Saves Lives

hannahjs — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:30:00 -0700

Hey folks -- Hannah Sassaman at the Prometheus Radio Project here.
I'm looking forward to learning about this site and posting more on my
favorite form of independent media -- low power FM radio
stations.

For now, here's some info about a great station in Immokalee,
Florida -- to whet your appetite for the battle to expand accountable,
strong, local community radio to your neighborhood! It's a repost from
my not-oft-posted main blog -- Hannah Sassaman -- Banned from the National Association of Broadcasters Since 2002.

-- Hannah Sassaman, Prometheus Radio Project

Up the Creek Without a Radio Station, Part II

Thanks to Free Press for getting the word out about Gerardo Reyes Chavez's incredible testimony at the FCC Media Ownership hearing in Tampa, Florida yesterday. Gerardo is a senior leader from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers,
one of the most influential and effective farmworker labor
organizations in the world -- they recently triumphed over McDonalds in
a battle to get the giant corporation to pay workers a fair wage for
their labor in America's fields. (Watch a PBS piece on their victory, produced by NOW).

Media Ownership Rules and the Internet: Same Power, Different Medium

Adam Lynn — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:41:00 -0700

In the current debate over whether national rules limiting how many outlets a media company can swallow up should be preserved, a central claim made by Big Media is that the Internet has turned the media world on its head -- and that they have no more power than a blogger in their basement.

Support of Affordable High Speed Internet for America and Internet Neutrality

ProgRock — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:24:00 -0700

Democrats,

On July 15th, 2007 the Executive Board of the California Democratic Party passed the following resolution in favor of Net Neutrality and affordable high speed Internet for America.

The adoption of this resolution was made possible by the unprecedented cooperation of both the Labor Caucus and the Progressive Caucus of the CDP. Working together over the months following the CDP convention in San Diego, representatives of both caucuses, led by Jim Gordon, chair of the Labor Caucus and Brad Parker, officer of the Progressive Caucus, were able to craft a resolution that addressed the concerns of both groups and Americans as a whole. Once again, after 100 years of organizing and political activism, Progressives and Union members have found common cause. Our hope is that this resolution will become a blueprint for legislation across the country that preserves Internet integrity with open, equal and impartial access and Net Neutrality. Further, that the build out of high speed Internet be undertaken as a public utility maintained by union members bringing affordable broadband Internet access to all Americans.

No issue of public governance is more critical at this time in our history than the immediate need for every level of government to pass and enforce legislation to embody the principles of this resolution. Therefore, we call upon every Democrat in America to send this resolution to every elected official across the nation and to insist that Net Neutrality and affordable high speed Internet become the law of the land.