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FCC Chief Approves Sirius, XM Radio Merger

AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission says he is satisfied the $3.8 billion merger of the nation's only two satelli...

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Kevin Martin Has His Head In The Broadband Cloud

Shelly Palmer | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media

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This week, FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin put some new spectrum up for auction. But there's a catch.

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FCC Chairman Defends Media Ownership Rules

AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 12.25.2007 | Media

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The Republican chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is disputing Democratic assertions that a new rule loosening restrictions on media ow...

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Kevin Martin: My New Hero

Lauren Rich Fine | Posted 12.18.2007 | Media

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The proposed changes were so diluted relative to an outright repeal of the ban on cross ownership that it was hard for me to imagine that anyone thought it would materially or even modestly change the landscape.

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FCC Lifts 32-Year Old Consolidation Ban, Allows Broadcasters To Own Newspapers

AP | John Dunbar | Posted 12.18.2007 | Media

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The Federal Communications Commission, overturning a 32-year-old ban, voted Tuesday to allow broadcasters in the nation's 20 largest media markets to ...

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The FCC Voted: Time to Raise Hell

Josh Silver | Posted 12.18.2007 | Media

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Witness yet another shining moment: the Bush administration serving up a wholesale giveaway to the largest media corporations in the most corrupt process imaginable.

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FCC Proposes Greater Media Consolidation

Stephen Lendman | ZNet | Posted 12.14.2007 | Home

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On October 17, FCC chairman Kevin Martin proposed lifting the 1975 media cross-ownership rule that forbids a company from owning a newspaper and telev...

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FCC Chief "Defiant," Refuses To Delay Consolidation Vote

Los Angeles Times | Jim Puzzanghera | Posted 12.14.2007 | Media

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Facing growing criticism of his agenda and tactics, a defiant Kevin J. Martin, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, refused senators' re...

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"Lone Operator" Martin The FCC's New Punching Bag

Los Angeles Times | Jim Puzzanghera | Posted 12.10.2007 | Media

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Critics usually blame Martin, a soft-spoken Republican known as a political tactician who has accomplished the rare feat of being criticized by all fo...

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FCC Chief Martin Defends His Case For Consolidation

AP/Los Angeles Times | Posted 12.06.2007 | Media

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The nation's top communications regulator Wednesday denied that his proposed media ownership rule has a major loophole that would allow newspapers and...

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Congress Investigating FCC Chair Martin For "Abuse Of Power"

Los Angeles Times | Jim Puzzanghera | Posted 12.04.2007 | Media

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Two key House lawmakers announced Monday that they were investigating the Federal Communications Commission, accusing its chairman of "possible abuse ...

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Even GOP Reacts Harshly To "Misguided" And "Harmful" FCC Chair Proposal

Financial Times | Stephanie Kirchgaessner | Posted 11.20.2007 | Media

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Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill are seeking to rein in Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission who is seeking to expa...

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When It Comes to Selling Media Consolidation, FCC Chair Kevin Martin Hasn't Learned Much

Eric Deggans | Posted 11.14.2007 | Media

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Now it seems obvious how Martin was going to try slipping more media consolidation past a public steadfastly opposed to it.

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FCC Chairman's Slick PR Can't Disguise Big Media Giveaway

Josh Silver | Posted 11.13.2007 | Media

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The problem is that the few minority-owned stations directly in the cross-hairs of consolidation.

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FCC Chief Proposes Corporate Ownership, Media Consolidation In NYT Op-Ed

New York Times | Kevin Martin | Posted 11.13.2007 | Media

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In many towns and cities, the newspaper is an endangered species. At least 300 daily papers have stopped publishing over the past 30 years. Those news...

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Your FCC At Work

Marty Kaplan | Posted 11.13.2007 | Media

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The FCC Chairman has taken to the op-ed page of the New York Times to propose that big-city papers should now be permitted to purchase a television or radio station in their market.

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