SINCLAIR SCALES BACK NEWS CENTRAL
[SOURCE: MediaWeek, AUTHOR: Katy Bachman]
BIG 4, AFFILIATES, NAB JOIN IN PROTEST LETTER
[SOURCE: TVWeek, AUTHOR: Doug Halonen]
FCC SHOULD JOIN SPITZER RADIO SUIT
[SOURCE: Buffalo News, AUTHOR: Editorial Staff]
[Commentary] New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer accused radio giant Entercom Communications of soliciting money and gifts from record companies in exchange for playing songs on the air. It's a violation of public trust that the Federal Communications Commission should give full weight to, issuing sanctions to the guilty, including the possibility of revoking licenses.
[SOURCE: Reuters]
By a voice vote, the Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday endorsed telecommunications lawyer Robert McDowell's nomination to fill a Republican seat on the five-member Federal Communications Commission. If confirmed by the full Senate, McDowell would give FCC Chairman Kevin Martin a working 3-2 Republican majority for the first time in about a year and enable him to launch a review that could lead to easing media ownership restrictions. McDowell would fill a seat that expires June 30, 2009.
"We are already seeing an erosion of the 'editorial wall' in network newsrooms, particularly for morning news and newsmagazines," said Jim Johnston, partner at the law firm Davis & Gilbert, which represents both media agencies and entertainment clients.
IN RISKY MOVE, NEWSCASTS ADOPT PRODUCT PLACEMENTS
[SOURCE: Hollywood Reporter, AUTHOR: Gail Schiller]
HOUSE LAWMAKER CONSIDERS BILL ON PER CHANNEL PRICING
[SOURCE: Technology Daily, AUTHOR: David Hatch]
NCTA, DISNEY FIRE BACK ON A LA CARTE
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton ]
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association and Walt Disney unveiled their own independent à la carte studies Wednesday refuting FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's à la carte study released last month. The NCTA/Disney reports essentially conclude that the Martin-backed report is not a cost-benefit analysis, or an effective rebuttal of the original report's well-substantiated conclusions and, given that, is not a basis for regulatory or statutory action.
HOUSE DEMS SEEK FRANCHISE HEARING
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
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