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WASHINGTON — Today, the Senate Commerce Committee passed a “resolution of disapproval” that would veto the Federal Communications Commission’s latest attempt to dismantle longstanding media ownership limits.

WASHINGTON — According to numerous press reports, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. is close to completing a $580 million deal to purchase the Long Island daily Newsday from Tribune Company.

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, the New York Times exposed a secret Pentagon effort to spread favorable views of the war by recruiting and planting military analysts in the nation’s news media.

WASHINGTON — Vuze, maker of a popular peer-to-peer video distribution application, today released a preliminary report suggesting that many major phone and cable companies across the country may be targeting and blocking legal Web traffic.

PALO ALTO, Calif. — At a public hearing today at Stanford University, legal scholars, technology experts, entrepreneurs and industry representatives will go before the Federal Communications Commission to discuss the future of the Internet.

WASHINGTON — Today, Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, and Pando announced plans to create a “bill of rights and responsibilities” for consumers and Internet service providers.

WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office has released a report highlighting the dearth of female and minority-owned broadcast stations.

FLORENCE, Mass — Free Press, the national, nonpartisan media reform organization, has elected Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu as chair of the board.

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Next week, all five Federal Communications Commissioners will meet face-to-face with the public at a hearing at Stanford University to discuss what rules should govern high-speed Internet networks.

WASHINGTON Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin announced that he would oppose a petition filed by the Internet phone company Skype that would open up all wireless networks to any devices and applications.