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...
Is Martin seeing 70-70?
There is a provision in the Cable Act of 1984 that opens the door to reregulating the cable industry when it becomes available to...
Performance royalties get Hill hearing
Everybody's getting into the act. While both houses of Congress react to possible changes in media ownership rules, the Senate Judiciary Committee is getting...
Bold proposal for Channel 6 (and 5)
John J. Mullaney of Mullaney Engineering has filed an intriguing proposal with the FCC under the umbrella of MB Docket No. 87-268, Advance Television...
NTIA chief resigns
John Kneuer, chief of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will resign this month to pursue new opportunities, agency spokesman Todd Sedmak announced...
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...
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...
Presidential campaigns set
Ad money is flowing in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, and with most states bunched up toward the front of the primary...
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)...
FCC sets agenda for Seattle
A wide range of testifiers have been tapped for the 6th and final public forum on media ownership, running from 4PM-11PM Pacific time in...
An act of Congress may put the brakes on Martin
If anyone had any doubt about who is driving the anti-consolidation bus in the US Senate, Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-HI) pretty much...
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...