There’s a new senator in town
The seat of the late Larry Craig (R-WY) has been filled by a Democratic governor with a Republican, due to an unusual law in...
Supremes open the door for late-term issue ads
"Where the First Amendment is implicated, the tie goes to the speaker, not the censor," wrote US Chief Justice John Roberts, with the Supreme...
Slow turnaround allows MVPD to skate on EEO violation
RCN Corporation, which provides bundled CATV, telephone and internet service in several markets, failed to meet its EEO requirements over a two year period....
Martin a star witness at CommComm violence session
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin will be a panel of one when the Senate Commerce Committee sits down to discuss "The Impact of Violence on...
Inhofe sounds alarm about Fairness
Although the phrase Fairness Doctrine did not come up during the course of a brief exchange between evening talker John Ziegler and Sen. James...
Key senators press FCC for swift Tribune assessment
The proposed Sam Zell/ESOP acquisition of Tribune Company is pending, with a major sticking point in the form of five broadcast/newspaper cross-ownership platforms which...
Cities ask court to slam on FCC’s brakes
The issue: The FCC's ruling to grease the wheels of telco expansion into the MVPD business. The new rules, they say, "will severely restrict...
Markey’s wide-ranging session
Keeping the heat on the children's theme this summer, the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, chaired by Ed Markey (D-MA), will be looking...
Reps strike three-year DTC ban from drug bill
The House Energy & Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health handed pharmaceutical distributors, and broadcasters, a victory yesterday, striking down a potential three-year ban on...
KITZ fits profile of fined company
The FCC has doubled up on KITZ Radio Inc., licensee of KGTK-AM Olympia WA and KITZ-AM Silverdale WA. It seems that when an FCC...
Markey puts the heat on food
Ed Markey (D-MA), chair of the influential House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, was swift with his praise of Kellogg Company when it...
Senate panel set to get violent next week
Tuesday next, 6/26/07 at 10AM, is now on the schedule of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. And the topic is bound...
All children’s issues, all the time?
The Kaiser Foundation is hosting a number of luminaries today to discuss its new report, "Parents, Children & The Media: A Kaiser Family Foundation...
Will freedom of speech rein Supreme?
The Supreme Court's newest justice, Samuel Alito, spoke before the National Italian American Foundation last week, and although he pointedly declined to offer any...
Family Choice makes return engagement
Do you remember the Family Choice Act of 2006? Then you'll be reasonably familiar with the Family Choice Act of 2007. Dan Lipinski (D-IL)...