Martin has Trib scratching its head
Sam Zell is trying to save potential fees and tax benefits by getting the Tribune privatization done by year's end. His crew is said...
"A Tale of Two Regimes"
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell spoke at the Media Institute yesterday and expressed his wonderment that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin was embarking on a plan...
2008 races taking shape
A prominent Virginia Republican confirmed a bid for the Senate, a former Speaker of the House is opting for early retirement and a purple...
Dingell, Markey double-team Martin
It was only a matter of time before key members of the House of Representatives joined the chorus of senators who are urging FCC...
A legal-eagle's eye view of cross-ownership
Once again, the attorneys at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC have turned their attention to the latest doings at the FCC and provided...
Piracy on the low seas
Jairo Diaz is getting hit with a pair of FCC fines for buccaneer behavior on the low end of the FM dial. Diaz was...
Dorgan bill in the Congressional hopper
Byron Dorgan's (D-ND) "Media Ownership Act of 2007" is officially on paper, and it's taken on three more co-sponsors. The first thing the bill...
Consumer groups want to cross out cross-ownership
Free Press representatives testified at the Washington DC localism forum, dropping what Commissioner Michael Copps called a bombshell - saying that the FCC's own...
Cochran will try to return to Washington
There has been some speculation that Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) would call it quits when his fourth term expires next year, but it can...
Stuck in the middle
If anybody out there thinks FCC Chairman Kevin Martin got it exactly right with his proposal for a limited rollback of cross-ownership restrictions, they...
Lovett or leave it? Royalties down the Hatch?
Music talents Lyle Lovett and Alice Peacock held forth before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the topic of performance royalties, better known to broadcasters...
Dereg, Martin style: Just a nibble
Watchdogs have been howling at the moon for about a month now, in preparation for the nefarious plans of FCC Chairman Kevin (R) to...
Copps, Adelstein push back
Democratic Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein aren't buying it. They say that the top 20 markets contain 43% of the US population, exposing...
Dorgan pushes back
"The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has put forward what I'm sure he regards as a reasonable compromise on the issue of...
NAB teaches Congress about ducks
The Senate Judiciary Committee is looking into the issue of performance fees for music receiving airplay, which would overturn a mutually-beneficial relationship enjoyed by...