Kevin Martin

FCC Chief Martin Defends His Case For Consolidation

AP/Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


The nation's top communications regulator Wednesday denied that his proposed media ownership rule has a major loophole that would allow newspapers and...

Congress Investigating FCC Chair Martin For "Abuse Of Power"

Los Angeles Times | Jim Puzzanghera | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Two key House lawmakers announced Monday that they were investigating the Federal Communications Commission, accusing its chairman of "possible abuse ...

Major Defeat For Martin As FCC Scales Back His Cable Proposal

AP | Dibya Sarkar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


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

FCC Chief Proposes Corporate Ownership, Media Consolidation In NYT Op-Ed

New York Times | Kevin Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


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...

FCC Member Calls for News Corp.-WSJ Inquiry

Broadcasting & Cable | John Eggerton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


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

Obama To FCC: Slow Down When Rewriting Media Ownership Rules

Broadcasting & Cable | John Eggerton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


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

FCC Head Wants To Relax Media Ownership Rules

New York Times | Stephen Labaton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


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

Bush Seeks To Challenge Fox Network Over Expletives

Financial Times | Stephanie Kirchgaessner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


The Bush administration is seeking to challenge News Corporation's Fox Network before the Supreme Court after it lost a landmark indecency case agains...