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What Sotomayor Could Mean for Network Neutrality and the First Amendment

Marvin Ammori | Posted 08.12.2009 | Politics

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Marvin Ammori

Here's the question I'd ask Sotomayor: Please tell us about the free speech rights of media, telephone, and cable companies. That is, do their rights trump the rights of citizens and users of media?

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The Media Shopoholic Strikes Again

Marvin Kitman | Posted 05.22.2008 | Media

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Marvin Kitman

Whenever Murdoch is depressed, my studies over the years as a media pathologist find, he has what he calls "an expansionist lunge." And when he's in one of them he can't be outbid.

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FCC Chairman Defends Media Ownership Rules

AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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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FCC Proposes Greater Media Consolidation

Stephen Lendman | ZNet | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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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Even GOP Reacts Harshly To "Misguided" And "Harmful" FCC Chair Proposal

Financial Times | Stephanie Kirchgaessner | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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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FCC Chief Proposes Corporate Ownership, Media Consolidation In NYT Op-Ed

New York Times | Kevin Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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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