House panel moves shield forward
32 states and the District of Columbia have laws on the books which protect the right of a reporter to in turn protect the...
FCC looks into SDBs
Minority Media & Telecommunications Council has asked that the FCC restart its proceeding on media ownership rules since it felt its suggestions on increasing...
Ownership: Consumers groups counter-attack
That didn't take long. Ten FCC ownership studies had barely seen the light of day before Commissioners Michael Copps (D) and Jonathan Adelstein (D)...
FCC study suggests hold on white space devices
The Federal Communications Commission Laboratory has conducted field tests of spectrum devices proposed for unlicensed use in the gaps between television signals, known as...
Copps wants Murdoch buy investigated by FCC
Since the Wall Street Journal is a national newspaper, it has been assumed that Rupert Murdoch’s deal to buy Dow Jones & Company is...
Watchdogs bash FCC studies
That didn't take long. Ten FCC ownership studies had barely seen the light of day before Commissioners Michael Copps (D) and Jonathan Adelstein (D)...
FCC initiates proceeding on DTV consumer education
At the behest of powerful legislators John Dingell (D-MI) and Ed Markey (D-MA), the FCC is looking into how stakeholders can get out the...
FCC posts ownership studies
Late yesterday the Media Bureau posted on the Internet all 10 studies commissioned for the FCC’s review of its ownership rules. Comments are due...
Stevens investigation progresses
Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Stevens (R-AK) is enduring another chapter in the ongoing investigation of his dealings with certain constituents back in...
FCC initiates proceeding on DTV consumer education
At the behest of powerful legislators John Dingell (D-MI) and Ed Markey (D-MA), the FCC is looking into how stakeholders can get out the...
House subcommittee looks into royalties
The NAB calls royalties for airplay a performance tax. Howard Berman's (D-CA) Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property is taking up the...
Use of blocking to tackle indecency
Mark Pryor (D-AR) has an item on Thursday's Senate Commerce Committee executive session which instructs the FCC to begin a rulemaking on blocking technologies....
Republicans, Salem team up in TX campaign event
The Townhall.com Presidential Straw Poll will be held 8/31/07 at the Fort Worth Convention Center. It's a collaboration of the Republican Party of Texas,...
Republicans balking at CNN/YouTube debate
CNN and YouTube recently hosted a ground-breaking South Carolina debate featuring all eight Democratic presidential candidates taking questions directly from potential voters. A similar...
House tries to decriminalize campaign ad infractions
Mike Pence (R-IN) successfully managed to get a provision through the House of Representatives that would prevent the Department of Justice from pursuing criminal...