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Media Consolidation

Where Does Comcast/NBC Rate On The "Trade Association Scale"?

Harold Feld | Posted 12.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Media Consolidation, Trade Association, Fcc, Comcast NBC Universal, Comcast, Nab, Net Neutrality, Comcast NBC, Media News
Harold Feld

While conventional wisdom holds that the Comcast/NBC merger will be approved with conditions, I think there is a small but not unreasonable chance that it will collapse under its own weight.

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Comcast-NBCU Merger is Bad for Democracy

Marvin Ammori | Posted 12.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama Campaign Promises, Freedom of Speech, Democracy, Media Consolidation, Comcast NBC, Media News
Marvin Ammori

The merger gives one company enormous control over the speech shaping our lives. Putting so much power in the hands of one company -- and, specifically, its executives -- is dangerous for a democracy.

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Mega-Media Era Begins: GE/Vivendi Deal Clears Way for Comcast/NBC Merger

Josh Silver | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media

Read More: General Electric, Msnbc, Media Consolidation, Antitrust, Comcast, Brian Roberts, Nbc, Mergers, Media News
Josh Silver

Obama has promised to finally begin enforcing antitrust laws to prevent unreasonable consolidation of market power. If ever a media deal posed such a threat, this is it.

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It's Time to Resuscitate the FCC

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Television Licenses, Bill Clinton, Bernie Goldberg, Ronald Reagan, Fairness Doctrine, Clear Channel Radio, The New York Times, Lou Dobbs, Media Power, FCC Chair Mark Fowler, Federal Communications Commission, Fox News, Public Airwaves, The Washington Post, Bill O'Reilly, Reinstating the Fairness Doctrine, Media Consolidation, Media Corporations, President Barack Obama, Media News
Joseph A. Palermo

Why do all the right-wing television personalities fear the Fairness Doctrine so much? Could it be because if it were reinstated they would have to enter into a real public debate?

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LA Has Lost its Favorite Local Sports Station to Fox, and Fans Are Angry

Paula Duffy | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media

Read More: The Loose Cannons, Financial Crisis, Fox Sports Radio, Media Consolidation, Sports Radio, Klac, Los Angeles Lakers, Lakers, Media News
Paula Duffy

It's a sad day when you lose your daily dose of local sports talk. No one cares about your home market more the guys who live here.

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Media Change We Can Believe In

Rory O'Connor | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Mccain, Obama, Media, Pbs, Van Jones, Rovian Political Partisanship, Media Deregulation, Cpb, Bush Administration Media, Shock Jocks, Npr, Bush Administration, Media Consolidation, Fcc, Netroots, Radio Hate Speech, Media Politics, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Media News
Rory O'Connor

The Bush Administration's default approach toward journalists has been to use them when necessary and bypass them when not.

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Guidebook for a Media Meltdown

Mike Doyle | Posted 11.27.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Media Consolidation, Chicago Media, Grassroots Training, Social Justice, Community Organizing, Community Media Workshop, Chicago Nonprofits, Chicago News
Mike Doyle

The media world as we know it has imploded in the past year, nowhere with a louder thud than right here in Chicago.

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Wall Street Debacle Holds Lessons For Net Neutrality

Art Brodsky | Posted 10.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, Media Consolidation, Fcc, Filmmaking, Economy, Net Neutrality, Media News
Art Brodsky

We're seeing a grim scenario play out now on Wall Street, as firms acted unwisely with no government oversight, and the public ends up losing. We don't want to see it play out online as well.

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We're Gonna Frickin' Lose this Thing

Adam McKay | Posted 10.09.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Media Consolidation, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Gallup Polls, Barack Obama Gallup Poll, 2008 Election, Gallup, Barack Obama, Media News
Adam McKay

"Stop saying that!" my wife says to me. But this is not a high school football game and I'm not a cheerleader with a bad attitude. This is an election and as things stand now, we're gonna frickin' lose this thing.

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No Bail-Out, No Bail! The Mortgage Melt-Down as seen from MIAMI

Laura Flanders | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Mortgage, Housing, Countrywide, Flanders, Grittv, Foreclosure, Miami, Housing Crisis, Workers, Subprime Mortgages, Media Consolidation, Gentrification, Sustainability, Media News
Laura Flanders

As the Bush administration unveiled a publicly-financed plan to "save" mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, local residents at a town hall fo...

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I'm Mad as Hell and I'm Not Going to Take It Any More

Norman Horowitz | Posted 06.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Big Brother, Media Consolidation, Radio, The Fairness Doctrine, Media, Censorship, Media News
Norman Horowitz

Certainly I do not want the government defining "fairness". What could be more frightening then the government trying to impose their definition of "fairness" on America's radio stations?

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"Bagels With Billary"

Charles Warner | Posted 06.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Time Warner, Jeffrey Bewkes, Media Consolidation, Katie Couric, Anderson Cooper, Cbs, Time Warner AOL, Mergers, Media News
Charles Warner

Think of it, Bagels With Billary, a morning show simulcast with Katie Couric as hostess and either Bill or Hillary or both talking with each other or to other celebrities. Who wouldn't go on their show?

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RNC Bloggers Better Be Wired

The Uptake | Posted 05.28.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Republican National Convention, St. Paul, Rnc, Media Consolidation, Minnesota, Mn, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Republican National Convention, 2008 Election, Offthebus, Home News
The Uptake

Planning on using your laptop to blog the Republican National Convention? Plan again. There will be 15,000 members of the media packed into the event and wireless will be crippled beyond use.

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Senate Votes to Reverse FCC Decision Allowing Media Consolidation

Josh Silver | Posted 05.24.2008 | Media

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

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

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Vetting the Candidates: An American Tradition

Adam McKay | Posted 05.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Real Mccain, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Media Consolidation, Ronald Reagan, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, McCain Scandal, Cliff Schecter, Hillary Clinton, Media, Cliff Schecter Mccain, Barack Obama, Politics News
Adam McKay

Okay, I get it. We let all Republicans and most Democrats off the hook because they will roll over for the companies that own the media and in McCain's case literally get blown by lobbyists, but come on! Are we not even remotely pretending anymore?

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The Media Shopoholic Strikes Again

Marvin Kitman | Posted 05.22.2008 | Media

Read More: News Corp, Media Consolidation, Fcc, FCC Media Consolidation, Rupert Murdoch Newsday, New York Post, Newsday, Rupert Murdoch, New York Times, Washington Post, Rupert Murdoch Wall Street Journal, Media Monopolies, Media News
Marvin Kitman

Whenever Murdoch is depressed, my studies over the years as a media pathologist find, he has what he calls "an expansionist lunge." And when he's in one of them he can't be outbid.

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FCC Lifts 32-Year Old Consolidation Ban, Allows Broadcasters To Own Newspapers

AP | John Dunbar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: FCC Cable, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, FCC Chairman, Kevin Martin, Fcc, Media Consolidation Vote, Kevin Martin FCC, Kevin Martin Media Consolidation, Media Consolidation, Media News

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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FCC Chief "Defiant," Refuses To Delay Consolidation Vote

Los Angeles Times | Jim Puzzanghera | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: FCC Cable, Media Consolidation, Media Consolidation Vote, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, FCC Chairman, Kevin Martin, Kevin Martin Media Consolidation, Fcc, Kevin Martin FCC, Media News

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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Rather To Testify On Media Consolidation

Broadcasting & Cable | John Eggerton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Dan Rather Congressional Hearing, Fcc, Dan Rather HDNet, Dan Rather FCC, Media Consolidation, Congressional Hearing on Media Consolidation, Dan Rather, Dan Rather Media Consolidation, Dan Rather House Judiciary Committee, Media News

The House Judiciary Committee scheduled a hearing Wednesday (Dec. 12) at 2 p.m. on media consolidation and former CBS anchor Dan Rather is leading the...

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

New York Times | Kevin Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: FCC Chairman's New York Times Op-Ed, Radio, FCC Chairman, FCC Media Consolidation, Kevin Martin, Radio Station Ownership, Fcc, Kevin Martin's New York Times Op-Ed, Kevin Martin FCC, Media Consolidation, Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Media News

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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