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Adelstein and Copps: Voices at the FCC for a Free and Open Internet

Timothy Karr | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home

Read More: SavetheInternet.Com, Kevin Martin, Internet Policy, Free Press, Comcast, Fcc, Net Neutrality, Matt Stoller, Home News

It's unusual for federal bureaucrats to achieve rock star status, but two commissioners at the FCC have amassed an enthusiastic fan base among the emerging "Open Internet" movement.

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Sirius-XM Merger Close To Approval After Companies Agree To $20M Fine

AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Deborah Taylor Tate, Fcc, Kevin Martin, Sirius Radio, Sirius XM Merger, XM Satellite, Home News

WASHINGTON — Approval of a merger of the nation's only two satellite radio companies was imminent Thursday after the pair agreed to pay $19.7 mi...

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Sirius-XM Merger Hangs In The Balance As FCC Split Down Party Lines

AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Sirius Radio, Sirius XM Merger, XM Satellite, Fcc, Deborah Taylor Tate, Kevin Martin, Home News

WASHINGTON — The proposed merger of the Sirius and XM satellite radio companies appeared close to final approval Wednesday, with the sole undeci...

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Internet Users Stop Comcast, Net Neutrality Win on the Horizon

Timothy Karr | Posted 07.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Internet, Fcc, Comcast, Cable, Kevin Martin, SavetheInternet.Com, Net Neutrality, Home News

Against every ounce of conventional wisdom in Washington, everyday citizens and consumer advocates have taken on a major corporation and won a major victory.

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FCC Suddenly Relevant As It Approaches 74th Birthday

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

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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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Are You Sirius?

Charles Warner | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Kevin Martin, Fcc, Sirius, Xm, Mel Karmazin, Satellite Radio, Satellite Radio Merger, Radio, Home News

Sirius and XM are so desperate to merge, that they will do anything, no matter how contrary it is to their long-term best interests.

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Kevin Martin Has His Head In The Broadband Cloud

Shelly Palmer | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home

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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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Senate Votes to Reverse FCC Decision Allowing Media Consolidation

Josh Silver | Posted 05.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Kevin Martin, Media, Fcc, Media Consolidation, Home News

The Senate's vote reflects growing awareness -- in Congress and with average Americans -- of the perils of concentrated media ownership.

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What Is America To Me

Norman Horowitz | Posted 04.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Kevin Martin, NY Yimes, Sedition, Home News

The howdy and the handshake The air a feeling free And the right to speak your mind out That's America to me "The House I Live In" It was about s...

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FCC Chief: No Need To Make Internet Regulations More Clear, Open

AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 04.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Kevin Martin, Fcc, FCC Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality, Home News

WASHINGTON — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday his agency has all the authority it needs to prevent Internet ...

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Comcast: Worst. Company. Ever.

Craig Aaron | Posted 04.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Kevin Martin, Fcc, Mona Shaw, Comcast, Bittorrent, Free Press, Net Neutrality, Home News

I'll admit that we can't (yet) connect Comcast to child labor, environmental destruction or Dick Cheney. But I'm not alone in my seething rage for the nation's largest cable company.

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Sirius-XM Merger Gets Federal Approval

AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 03.24.2008 | Home

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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Monday approved Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s proposed $5 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Hold...

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Handicapping The Race To Replace Kevin Martin As FCC Chair

The Hollywood Reporter | Brooks Boliek | Posted 03.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Kevin Martin, FCC Chair, Fcc, Next FCC Chair, Home News

WASHINGTON -- The spoils system might not be what it was when Sen. William Marcy, D-N.Y., inadvertently gave it its name in his 1832 "To the victor go...

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FCC Nearing Decision On Sirius-XM Merger

Wall Street Journal | Sarah McBride and Amy Schatz | Posted 03.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Kevin Martin, XM Satellite, FCC Sirius XM Merger, Fcc, Sirius, Xm, Sirius XM Merger, XM Radio, Sirius Radio, Home News

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin asked his staff to draft documents on the planned merger of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM...

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Oxygen Founder Gerry Laybourne: Kevin Martin "Would Like To Go Back To The 1950s"

Portfolio.com | Lloyd Grove | Posted 01.24.2008 | Home

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For the first time in her life, Geraldine Laybourne is unemployed. Last month, she left Oxygen Media, the women-centric cable television and internet ...

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FCC Approves $19M Clear Channel Buyout

AP | Posted 01.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Kevin Martin, Bain Capital Partners, Fcc, Mitt Romney Clear Channel, Thomas H. Lee Partners, Clear Channel, Home 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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Actually, I Support Yesterday's FCC's Cross-Ownership Decision

Russell Shaw | Posted 12.19.2007 | Home

Read More: Kevin Martin, Media, Media Consolidation, Fcc, FCC Media Consolidation, Kevin Martin FCC, Home News

In most metro areas -- especially the 20 largest metro areas where the relaxed restrictions would apply -- we have lots of diverse voices.

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Is the Internet Next On the FCC Media Consolidation Agenda?

Art Brodsky | Posted 12.19.2007 | Home

Read More: Kevin Martin, Internet, Fcc, FCC Media Consolidation, Net Neutrality, Kevin Martin FCC, Home News

The last thing this country needs after the FCC allows the traditional media to consolidate is for the to let the telephone and cable companies exercise proprietary control over the Internet.

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Kevin Martin: My New Hero

Lauren Rich Fine | Posted 12.18.2007 | Home

Read More: Cross Ownership, Fcc, Newspapers, News Corp, Dow Jones, FCC Media Consolidation, FCC Chairman, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, Kevin Martin, Kevin Martin FCC, Home News

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 | Home

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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 | Home

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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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One Wild and Crazy Guy

Marvin Kitman | Posted 12.18.2007 | Home

Read More: National Association of Broadcasters, Michael Copps, Npr, FCC Media Consolidation, Cable Television Advertising Bureau, Jonathan Adelstein, Communications Act, Michael Powell, Kevin Martin, Newton Minow, National Cable Television Association, Kevin Martin FCC, Home News

The last thing in the world an FCC commissioner has time to do is actually look at what they are supposed to be by law regulating. They are too busy being wined and dined at industry events.

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FCC Chief's Heavy Hand Draws Bi-Partisan Ire

Wall Street Journal | AMY SCHATZ | Posted 12.18.2007 | Home

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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

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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 Fans and the Fight Against "VoldeMedia"

Andrew Slack | Posted 12.17.2007 | Home

Read More: Media Consolidation, FCC Media Consolidation, Kevin Martin, Kevin Martin Media Consolidation, Harry Potter, Media, Lord Voldemort, Kevin Martin FCC, J.K.Rowling, Voldemedia, Harry Potter Alliance, Home News

The Harry Potter Alliance put out "Rocking Out Against VoldeMedia," which is aimed at building awareness and action against FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's current rush to gut media consolidation rules.

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