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Journalism With Conscience

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.25.2008 | Media

Read More: George Bush, News Corp, John McCain, Moby, Georgian Conflict, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rnc, Clear Channel, Katie Kurek, Paul Simon, Washington D.C., Christmas, G.O.P., Media, Barack Obama, Journalism, Edward R. Murrow, Charlie Brown, Bob Woodward, Politics, Charles Schultz, Carl Bernstein, Peanuts, Rupert Murdoch, CBS News, Fox News, Sally Brown, Lucy, Media News
Mike Ragogna

In A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charles Schultz scripted a line for Chuck's little sister Sally about a big syndicate back east that controlled the holi...

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Sirius XM Chief Predicts Radio Domination: "We're Going To Be Bigger Than Clear Channel"

New York Post | Peter Lauria | Posted 08.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Sirius XM Merger, Sirius XM, Clear Channel, Mel Karmazin, Media News

Mel Karmazin is on a mission. Now that the creation of Sirius XM is official, terrestrial radio's formerly brightest star is after nothing short of t...

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Inappropriate Questions for Harry Shearer

Alex Leo | Posted 07.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Harry Shearer Interview, Breaking Entertainment News, Clear Channel Billboards, Clear Channel, Songs of the Bushmen, Harry Shearer, Harry Shearer Album, Clear Channel Harry Shearer, Bushmen, 236.Com, Entertainment News
Alex Leo

Q: Is there anything you could discover about President Bush that would make you like him more?
A: I'd have to think twice if I found out he was a fan of Fountains of Wayne.

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Sean Hannity Gets $100 Million Deal

MediaWeek | Katy Bachman | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media

Read More: ABC Radio, Citadel Broadcasting, Sean Hannity, Clear Channel, Sean Hannity Contract, Media News

In the end, Citadel Broadcasting, which inherited top Talk personality Sean Hannity when it bought ABC Radio, could only hold onto Hannity through an ...

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Clear Channel Bans Ads For Harry Shearer's CD Over Anti-Bush Image

Huffington Post | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Clear Channel George Bush, Clear Channel Censorship, Clear Channel, Harry Shearer, Songs of Bushmen, Harry Shearer CD, Harry Shearer Songs of Bushmen, Media News

Clear Channel, the radio station and billboard powerhouse, has banned an ad for Harry Shearer's new CD "Songs of Bushmen" because it depicts George Bu...

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Bomb It

Chris Nelson | Posted 06.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Public Space, Bomb It, Typographic Terrorism, Clear Channel, Urban Jungle, Documentary Film, Jon Reiss, Graffiti, Entertainment News
Chris Nelson

One thing (among many) the new documentary Bomb It accomplishes magnificently is lending a human element to the faceless graffiti anyone walking down the street has seen.

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Freedom of Speech and Press Emerging as Presidential Debate Issue

Jack Myers | Posted 05.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Syracuse University, Dean David Rubin, Clear Channel, Free Speech, Media News
Jack Myers

In his convocation address this year, retiring Newhouse School Dean David Rubin explained he sought to come up with questions for the candidates about the area he knows best: freedom of speech and press. Here are questions Rubin would like the Presidential candidates to answer.

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The Power and Responsibility of our Nation's Broadcasters

Tim Robbins | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Association of Broadcasters, Broadcasting, Television, Clear Channel, Radio, The Fairness Doctrine, Tv, Tim Robbins, Broadcast Media, Politics News
Tim Robbins

Broadcasters have the power to turn this nation away from the hatred and the divisive dialogue that has rendered such a corrosive effect on our body politic.

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Six Banks Sued In Clear Channel Deal

New York Times | MICHAEL J. de la MERCED and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Clear Channel Buyout, Clear Channel Deal, Clear Channel, Politics News

The buyers of Clear Channel Communications received a curious e-mail message last July from Credit Suisse, one of the banks financing the radio broadc...

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Report: Clear Channel Deal Collapsing

AP | MICHELLE ROBERTS | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Media Companies, Clear Channel Deal, Clear Channel Communications, Buyouts, Buyout Firms, Clear Clannel Deal Collapsing, Private Equity Firms, Clear Channel, Business News

SAN ANTONIO — Shares of Clear Channel Communications Inc. plummeted in late trading Tuesday, following a report that the media company's private...

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Report: Clear Channel Deal Collapsing

AP | MICHELLE ROBERTS | Posted 03.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Clear Channel Buyout, Clear Channel, Business News

SAN ANTONIO — Shares of Clear Channel Communications Inc. plummeted in late trading Tuesday, following a report that the media company's private...

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Radio, Radio

Paul Nair | Posted 03.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Satellite Radio, Npr, XM Satellite, National Public Radio, Sirius, Clear Channel, Radio, College Radio, North Carolina, Xm, Media News
Paul Nair

I've found myself temporarily living back in my native North Carolina for a month. I've been spending hours a day it seems behind the wheel. And what is driving without the radio?

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The Media Lucky Sperm Club

Charles Warner | Posted 02.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Mark Mays, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., New York Times, James Dolan, Cablevision, Arthur Sulzberger, Clear Channel, Media News
Charles Warner

The only thing lower than the top management scores at the Times, Cablevision, and Clear Channel is the morale. Employees know nothing will change as long as daddy lets sonny play at management.

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FCC Approves $19M Clear Channel Buyout

AP | Posted 01.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Kevin Martin, Bain Capital Partners, Fcc, Mitt Romney Clear Channel, Thomas H. Lee Partners, Clear Channel, Media News

The Federal Communications Commission has signed off on the $19.5 billion deal that will take the nation's largest radio broadcaster private, an agenc...

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Why This Buffoon Commands A BriWi Paycheck

Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 11.06.2007 | Media

Read More: Talk Radio, Glenn Beck Radio, Glenn Beck Contract, Glenn Beck Paycheck, Premiere Radio Networks, Glenn Beck Salary, Clear Channel, Briwi, Glenn Beck, Brian Williams, Media News

Glenn Beck hosts a little-watched, scarcely-promoted show on CNN's Headline News, but he just signed a radio deal worth $50 million over five years. W...

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Glenn Beck Re-Signs Radio Contract For $50 Mil

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 11.05.2007 | Media

Read More: Talk Radio, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Premiere Radio Networks, Clear Channel, Media News

On his daily radio talk show, Glenn Beck portrays himself as an average guy, a recovering alcoholic and a comedian who regularly injects humor into hi...

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Radio Boycotts Bruce Springsteen's Latest

FOXNews | Roger Friedman | Posted 10.30.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Bruce Springsteen Magic, Clear Channel, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

Bruce Springsteen should be very happy. He has the No. 1 album, a possible Grammy for Best Album of the Year, for "Magic," an album full of singles, a...

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Clear Channel Won't Let Veterans Ad Run During Rush's Show

Think Progress | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Votevets, Rush Limbaugh, Rush Clear Channel, Vote Vets Ad Rush, Clear Channel, Politics News

Rush Limbaugh's hometown radio station that broadcasts his show -- WJNO AM in Palm Beach, Florida -- has refused to air a VoteVets ad by Brian McGough...

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Senate Dems Call On Clear Channel To Renounce Limbaugh's Remarks

Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Phony Soldiers, Rush Limbaugh, Clear Channel, Senate Democrats, Politics News

Senate Democratic leaders will send a letter "early next week to Mark P. Mays, CEO of Clear Channel Communications, calling on him to publicly repudia...

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