Will public access TV go dark?
[SOURCE: AM New York, AUTHOR: Michael Clancy]
February 2006
Your own TV show? Anywhere but Philadelphia
[SOURCE: Philadelphia Inquirer 2/19, AUTHOR: Diane Mastrull]
NBC Debuts Conviction on iTunes
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: Glen Dickson]
NBC says it will offer the premiere episode of Dick Wolf’s new legal drama Conviction on Apple’s iTunes online store 10 days before the show’s March 3 broadcast premiere on the NBC network, making it the first network to offer a prime time show on the Internet before the TV.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6308994?display=Breaking+News...
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Anderson Exits CPB Board
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
FCC Seeks Universal Service Board Nominees
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
On January 26, 2006 Dr. Douglas E. Christensen resigned from the Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). The FCC is now asking for nominees to represent schools that are eligible to receive E-rate discounts. All nominations must be filed with the Office of the Secretary by March 17, 2006. See link below for more details.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-368A1.doc
Press Can Be Prosecuted for Having Secret Files, U.S. Says
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Walter Pincus]
The Bush administration said that journalists can be prosecuted under current espionage laws for receiving and publishing classified information but that such a step "would raise legitimate and serious issues and would not be undertaken lightly," according to a court filing made public this week.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/21/AR200602...
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Rumsfeld: Planting Stories Under Review
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: Robert Burns]
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday that the Pentagon is reviewing its practice of paying to plant stories in the Iraqi news media, withdrawing his earlier claim that it had been stopped. Sec Rumsfeld said that Gen George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, was reviewing the practice. Previously, Gen Casey has said he saw no reason to stop it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060221/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/rumsfeld
Chinese Media Assail Google
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Philip P. Pan]
U.S. technology has been used to block, censor Net for years
[SOURCE: USAToday, AUTHOR:]
Radio programs articulate US values to the global community
[SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor, AUTHOR: John Hughes, former director of Voice of America]