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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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One Wild and Crazy Guy

Marvin Kitman | Posted 12.18.2007 | Media

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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 | Business

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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 | Business

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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 | Media

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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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Stop the FCC Before December 18th!

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.14.2007 | Media

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Chairman Martin and the other Republican corporate puppets on the FCC want to destroy localism in order to save it. The citizens of this nation, along with the Congress, have had enough of media consolidation.

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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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Harry Potter vs. Big Media

Josh Silver | Posted 12.12.2007 | Media

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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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Big Media Myopia at the FCC

Timothy Karr | Posted 12.12.2007 | Media

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Allowing one company to own broadcast station and a major daily newspaper in the same market is so unpopular that one wonders what really motivates FCC chair Kevin Martin to defy common sense.

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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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FCC to Tribune: So Sue Me

Craig Aaron | Posted 12.03.2007 | Media

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The FCC could have issued a single temporary waiver while it sorts out the rules governing newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership everywhere. But the FCC's maneuver is far more complicated -- and devious.

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Schadenfreude and the FCC

Art Brodsky | Posted 11.28.2007 | Media

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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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Major Defeat For Martin As FCC Scales Back His Cable Proposal

AP | Dibya Sarkar | Posted 11.28.2007 | Media

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The country's top communications regulator suffered a major defeat Tuesday night when fellow members of the Federal Communications Commission scuttled...

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Martin's Tunnel Vision for Big Media

Timothy Karr | Posted 11.27.2007 | Media

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Why does FCC Chairman Kevin Martin remain determined to turn a blind eye to the public opposition to unchecked consolidation?

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The Three Blind Mice

Marvin Kitman | Posted 11.19.2007 | Media

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Michael Powell's idea was to level the playing field so the average American mega-billionaires could all make excessive profits. Why should some of the pigs be kept away from the trough?

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Cross Ownership: 1 + 1 + 1.1

Lauren Rich Fine | Posted 11.16.2007 | Media

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Newspapers economic challenges have more to do with the Internet and the loss of classified ads than competition from other media.

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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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FCC Member Calls for News Corp.-WSJ Inquiry

Broadcasting & Cable | John Eggerton | Posted 10.26.2007 | Media

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Democratic Federal Communications Commission member Michael Copps asked FCC chairman Kevin Martin to open an inquiry into News Corp.'s purchase of The...

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Obama To FCC: Slow Down When Rewriting Media Ownership Rules

Broadcasting & Cable | John Eggerton | Posted 10.23.2007 | Media

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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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