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XM plus Sirius = Satellite Radio Monopoly

Steve Parker | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Toyota, Economy, Honda, Acura, Ford, Xm, Satellite Radio, Nissan, Fcc, General Motors, Sirius XM Merger, Federal Communications Commission, Sirius Radio, Lexus, Hughes Electronics, HD Radio, Onstar, Infiniti, Home News

Now, after several years of competition between XM and Sirius, there will be one satellite radio company -- a monopoly created by the federal government. And you don't need me to tell you how strange that is.

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FCC Says It May Crack Down On Product Placements In TV Shows

AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Fcc, Product Placement, FCC Product Placement, Federal Communications Commission, Home News

WASHINGTON — A stealthy form of advertising in which products are featured on television shows as props and even woven into story lines has draw...

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FCC Suddenly Relevant As It Approaches 74th Birthday

New York Sun | Harold Furchtgott-Roth | Posted 06.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Kevin Martin, Fcc, Kevin Martin FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Home News

Tomorrow marks the 74th anniversary of the Communications Act of 1934, the legal framework for federal regulation of all manner of communications thro...

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Washington Post Hides Corporate Interests In "Web Cop" Editorial

Art Brodsky | Posted 06.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Internet, Washington Post, Federal Communications Commission, Net Neutrality, Home News

There's a lot of mischief that cable and telephone companies can perpetrate, and it's not at all clear that the FCC would have the authority to punish them.

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Big Media Continues to Fight Against Net Neutrality

Jonathan Rintels | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Telecom, Fcc, Save the Net, Federal Communications Commission, Net Neutrality, Network Neutrality, Home News

It's time for the government to implement reasonable oversight that protects consumers and content creators, and preserves the open Internet we enjoy today.

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See Who's Beating Up On Google Now

Portfolio | Sam Gustin | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Fcc, Fred Upton, House Telecommunications Committee, Cliff Stearns, Federal Communications Commission, John Shimkus, Google, Home News

What do Cliff Stearns, John Shimkus, and Fred Upton have in common? They're all members of the House telecommunications subcommittee, and they've eac...

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Does Big Media's One-Two Punch Knock Out the Internet?

Jonathan Rintels | Posted 03.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Telecom, Fcc, Cable, Television, Federal Communications Commission, Tv, Broadcasting, Save the Net, Net Neutrality, Networkneutrality, Home News

Last week's opening of Hulu and the MPAA's vehement denunciation of net neutrality are intimately related, a double-barreled shot aimed at the heart of the open Internet.

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R U 4 Free Speech?

Laura Scher | Posted 03.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Censorship, Text Messages, First Amendment, Verizon, Verizon FCC, Fcc, Naral, Verizon Abortion, Verizon NARAL, Federal Communications Commission, Free Speech, National Abortion Rights Action League, Verizon Text Messages, Verizon Censoring, Telecoms, Home News

We can't rely on the goodwill of big telecoms like Verizon to allow text messages as they see fit. This new, quick way to connect needs to be regulated.

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FCC Seeks To Fine ABC $1.4M For Indecent "NYPD Blue" Episode

AP | AMY SCHATZ | Posted 01.26.2008 | Home

Read More: NYPD Blue Fine, Fcc, Abc, ABC Indecency, Federal Communications Commission, NYPD Blue, Home News

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $1.4 million fine against 52 ABC Television Network stations over a 2003 broad...

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The FCC Voted: Time to Raise Hell

Josh Silver | Posted 12.18.2007 | Home

Read More: Fcc, Stop Big Media, Federal Communications Commission, Media Reform, Kevin Martin, Communications, Junk Media, New, Newspapers, News Corp, Dow Jones, FCC Media Consolidation, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, FCC Chairman, Cross Ownership, Kevin Martin FCC, Home News

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 Chief's Heavy Hand Draws Bi-Partisan Ire

Wall Street Journal | AMY SCHATZ | Posted 12.18.2007 | Home

Read More: Kevin Martin, Fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Kmart, Home News

Today, the Federal Communications Commission is set to ram through two measures likely to roil the media and telecommunications industries and deepen ...

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FCC Expected To Approve Proposal Allowing Broadcasters To Own Newspapers

AP | John Dunbar | Posted 12.18.2007 | Home

Read More: Kevin Martin, Fcc, Kevin Martin FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Home News

Despite intense political pressure, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to approve a proposal Tuesday that will allow broadcasters in th...

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Harry Potter vs. Big Media

Josh Silver | Posted 12.12.2007 | Home

Read More: Senate, Fcc, Media Consolidation, Media, Kevin Martin, Media Reform, Harry Potter, Music, News Corp, Tribune Company, Potterwatch, Media Ownership Rules, Media Ownership, Harry and the Potters, Wizard Rock, Gannett, Harry Potter Alliance, Media Monopolies, Media Conglomerates, Big Media, Federal Communications Commission, Rupert Murdoch, Andrew Slack, Harry Potter Fans, Kevin Martin FCC, Local News, Music Inspired by Harry Potter, Voldemedia, Home News

Potterwatch is building a real-world movement against "Voldemedia" -- the handful of companies that control most of what we see, hear and read every day.

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FCC: Prtkt Da Txt

Art Brodsky | Posted 12.11.2007 | Home

Read More: Text Messages, Fcc, Telecommunications, Verizon Text Messages, Verizon Censoring, Verizon NARAL, Telecoms, Federal Communications Commission, Home News

Under their philosophy, the less the FCC has to do with things like the Internet and text messaging, the better.

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Ad Industry Increasingly Relying On 'Branded Entertainment' To Market Products

New York Times | LOUISE STORY | Posted 12.08.2007 | Home

Read More: Fcc, Pepsi, Product Placement, Advertising, Federal Communications Commission, Home News

Advertising is often like a game of cat and mouse. Consumers try as hard as they can to run away from sales pitches and commercial jingles, so markete...

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Murdoch TV Station Moves from NYC to NJ...in Just 2 Hours!

Josh Silver | Posted 11.29.2007 | Home

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Fcc, Fox, NewsCorp., Media Ownership, Cross-Ownership, Federal Communications Commission, Wwor, Home News

But a new brand does not a local station make.

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Schadenfreude and the FCC

Art Brodsky | Posted 11.28.2007 | Home

Read More: Cable Television, Federal Communications Commission, Kevin Martin, Fcc, Kevin Martin FCC, Michael Powell, Home News

Today, FCC Chairman Martin knows what it feels like when his attempts to, of all things, reregulate cable got shot down after he thought the votes were there for a win.

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

Josh Silver | Posted 11.13.2007 | Home

Read More: Fcc, Kevin Martin's New York Times Op-Ed, Media, Media Ownership, Federal Communications Commission, Free Press, FCC Chairman, Kevin Martin, Home News

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

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Bad FCC Decision Could Cost Consumers Billions

Art Brodsky | Posted 10.29.2007 | Home

Read More: Internet, Federal Communications Commission, Forbearance, Verizon, Verizon FCC, Fcc, Verizon Forbearance, FCC Forbearance, Home News

It just so happens that the services Verizon wants essentially deregulated are the very ones on which Verizon's competitors depend.

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Money Talks

Laura Scher | Posted 10.25.2007 | Home

Read More: AT&T Donations, Working Assets, Verizon, Fcc, Warantless Surveillance, Warantless Eavesdropping, Federal Communications Commission, AT&T, Retroactive Immunity, Phone Companies, Verizon Donations, Telecoms, Senate Intelligence Committee, Telephone Companies Surveillance, Phone Companies Spying, John D. Rockefeller, Home News

Now that the issues have gone from thwarting competition to spying, I hope the public will hang up on the telecom companies' on-going campaign to buy the law that suits them best.

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Obama To FCC: Slow Down When Rewriting Media Ownership Rules

Broadcasting & Cable | John Eggerton | Posted 10.23.2007 | Home

Read More: Kevin Martin, Fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Barack Obama, Home News

Presidential candidate and Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama wants Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin to take a series of int...

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FCC Head Wants To Relax Media Ownership Rules

New York Times | Stephen Labaton | Posted 10.18.2007 | Home

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Kevin Martin, Fcc, Media Ownership, Media Ownership Rules, Kevin J. Martin, Federal Communications Commission, Sam Zell, Home News

The head of the Federal Communications Commission has circulated an ambitious plan to relax the decades-old media ownership rules, including repealing...

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Verizon's 'Discretion' Shouldn't Abort Your Rights

Art Brodsky | Posted 09.27.2007 | Home

Read More: Federal Communications Commission, Fcc, Verizon Censoring, Verizon NARAL, Verizon, Home News

At some point, responsible leadership is going to have to wake up and realize that a private company's discretion is no substitute for public standards.

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