STELA back on the agenda
We wish we could someday write the headline STELA by Starlight, but we can’t. The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee will be looking into...
Auction update at FCC June meeting
There aren’t any rulemakings affecting broadcasters on the agenda when the temporarily slimmed-down panel of FCC commissioners meets in public Thursday 6/27/13. But we...
Rockefeller hails violent content research proposal
Senate Commerce Committee chair Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) favors a multi-pronged approach to the issue of gun violence, and part of that involves the effect...
Legislators ask for CALM Act update
As implementation of the CALM Act heads for the half-year mark, sponsors Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have asked FCC...
Sen. Lautenberg passes
The state of New Jersey has lost a tireless advocate for local broadcast relevant to the citizens of the state with the passing of...
Key Republicans hail Comcast/Tennis Channel decision
In a legal battle pitting Comcast against the FCC over an agency order that the cable company provide similar carriage to Tennis Channel to...
Journalists put Holder on hold
At least four prominent journalism organizations are willing to meet with AG Eric Holder to discuss press subpoena policy, but not if the meeting...
Holder to go over subpoena policy with news media
In the wake of the revelations about government probes of journalists from the Associated Press and Fox News, President Barack Obama has ordered Attorney...
FCC studying media delivery of news
The acronym of the project about to be kicked off is CIN and it stands for Critical Information Needs. The FCC has a research...
Watchdog expresses misgivings about Wheeler nomination
Free Press would like an FCC chairman who puts the public first and foremost and industry stakeholders second, and does not believe that’s what...
Agriculture interests go to bat for LPTV
A group of eight agricultural organizations have fired off letters to the FCC and both congressional commerce committees calling for the preservation of what...
A child’s garden of TV rules violations
The requirements placed on broadcast television licensees to serve the needs of local children are tripping up some stations – and since most of...
Stakeholders prod FCC for “down from 51” plan
It should tell you something that the industries that are expected to sell and buy spectrum when the incentive auctions take place agree on...
Wheeler spinning media stocks
FCC chair nominee Tom Wheeler has a strong background in communications, and now he has a strong communications stock portfolio. But he has promised...
SEC thinking about political disclosure
Disclosure of the people and organizations behind political advertising is the turf of the Federal Election Commission, or so you