Adelstein and Copps: Voices at the FCC for a Free and Open Internet
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.
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.
AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home
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...
AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home
WASHINGTON — The proposed merger of the Sirius and XM satellite radio companies appeared close to final approval Wednesday, with the sole undeci...
Timothy Karr | Posted 07.11.2008 | Home
Against every ounce of conventional wisdom in Washington, everyday citizens and consumer advocates have taken on a major corporation and won a major victory.
New York Sun | Harold Furchtgott-Roth | Posted 06.18.2008 | Home
Tomorrow marks the 74th anniversary of the Communications Act of 1934, the legal framework for federal regulation of all manner of communications thro...
Charles Warner | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home
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.
Shelly Palmer | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home
This week, FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin put some new spectrum up for auction. But there's a catch.
Josh Silver | Posted 05.16.2008 | Home
The Senate's vote reflects growing awareness -- in Congress and with average Americans -- of the perils of concentrated media ownership.
Norman Horowitz | Posted 04.27.2008 | Home
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...
AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 04.22.2008 | Home
WASHINGTON — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday his agency has all the authority it needs to prevent Internet ...
Craig Aaron | Posted 04.19.2008 | Home
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.
AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 03.24.2008 | Home
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Monday approved Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s proposed $5 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Hold...
The Hollywood Reporter | Brooks Boliek | Posted 03.24.2008 | Home
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...
Wall Street Journal | Sarah McBride and Amy Schatz | Posted 03.21.2008 | Home
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin asked his staff to draft documents on the planned merger of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM...
Portfolio.com | Lloyd Grove | Posted 01.24.2008 | Home
For the first time in her life, Geraldine Laybourne is unemployed. Last month, she left Oxygen Media, the women-centric cable television and internet ...
AP | Posted 01.11.2008 | Home
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...
Russell Shaw | Posted 12.19.2007 | Home
In most metro areas -- especially the 20 largest metro areas where the relaxed restrictions would apply -- we have lots of diverse voices.
Art Brodsky | Posted 12.19.2007 | Home
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.
Lauren Rich Fine | Posted 12.18.2007 | Home
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.
AP | John Dunbar | Posted 12.18.2007 | Home
The Federal Communications Commission, overturning a 32-year-old ban, voted Tuesday to allow broadcasters in the nation's 20 largest media markets to ...
Josh Silver | Posted 12.18.2007 | Home
Witness yet another shining moment: the Bush administration serving up a wholesale giveaway to the largest media corporations in the most corrupt process imaginable.
Marvin Kitman | Posted 12.18.2007 | Home
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.
Wall Street Journal | AMY SCHATZ | Posted 12.18.2007 | Home
Today, the Federal Communications Commission is set to ram through two measures likely to roil the media and telecommunications industries and deepen ...
AP | John Dunbar | Posted 12.18.2007 | Home
Despite intense political pressure, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to approve a proposal Tuesday that will allow broadcasters in th...
Andrew Slack | Posted 12.17.2007 | Home
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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WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
Timothy Karr | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home