Consolidation takes another beating
John Lavine, Dean, Medill School at Northwestern University, was the only witness at yesterday's Commerce Committee hearing who offered anything resembling a life preserver...
Branding experts assesses the presidential races
Democrats are looking at their slate of candidates with their minds, while Republicans are using their hearts to make a determination among their options....
Six hung up big time over Do Not Call
The FTC has entered into settlements with six companies over violations of the National Do Not Call Registry resulting in a whopping 7.7M in...
Commerce Committee ready to pound on ownership
"Industry, Non-Profits, and Academia to Testify at Media Ownership Hearing." That's the headline from the Senate Commerce Committee advertising today's session on "Localism, Diversity...
Domenici joins sanity coalition
Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) has fired off a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin (R) asking that any plans to allow unlicensed devices to...
More work for Eddie
The Fritts Group, headed by former NAB President Eddie Fritts, is now lobbying the federal government on behalf of the Motion Picture Association of...
Civil rights leaders want task force
Concerned that further media consolidation will make it even harder to address the lack of minority presence among the nation's broadcast license holders, a...
It's all in the translation
Numerous commentators have addressed the need for beefed up FCC regulation to assure that disabled and non-English-speaking individuals receive adequate notice of emergency situations...
Adelstein bound for IRTM in Miami
Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein (D) has agreed to meet with Urban radio professionals at the I Rock the Mic Conference and Awards session held in...
Watchdogs appalled by hasty Martin
Watchdog groups are incensed that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin intends to hold its final forum on media ownership in Seattle WA with only a...
FCC draws heat for fast track forum
Watchdog groups are incensed that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin intends to hold its final forum on media ownership in Seattle WA with only a...
House double-teams the FCC
Spurred by Senate anti-consolidation point man Byron Dorgan (D-ND), the Senate Commerce Committee is planning a session of media ownership and localism this Thursday,...
Commerce Committee keeping the heat on
The echoes from the last speaker at the FCC forum on localism in Washington had just barely died away, and already the Senate Commerce...
Dems cry foul as Martin heads to Seattle
The FCC announced late Friday that a hearing on localism would be conducted just one week hence in Seattle, as Chairman Kevin Martin (R)...
Will Supremes weigh in on fleeting expletives?
We don't know if the Supreme Court will agree to hear an FCC appeal of the Second Circuit court ruling in favor of Fox...