May 2007

The Sound of Copy Restrictions Crashing

THE SOUND OF COPY RESTRICTIONS CRASHING
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Rob Pegoraro]

Media Companies Fire Back At Violence Studies

MEDIA COMPANIES FIRE BACK AT VIOLENCE STUDIES
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]

How to End the Reign of Shock Jocks

HOW TO END THE REIGN OF SHOCK JOCKS
[SOURCE: Media is a Plural, AUTHOR: Rory Connor]

FCC Fines More Stations For Kids TV Violations

FCC FINES MORE STATIONS FOR KIDS TV VIOLATIONS
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The FCC has proposed another $36,000 in fines against TV stations for violations of kids TV rules. The biggest fine is $20,000 against Media General's WRBL(TV) Columbus, Ga., for willful and repeated violations of rules requiring it to file reports on compliance with kids TV ad limits, for its failure to publicize the existence of its kids TV programming reports, and for not reporting its FCC-friendly kids programming to program guide publishers.

Court Backs Comcast In Dispute With NFL

COURT BACKS COMCAST IN DISPUTE WITH NFL
[SOURCE: Technology Daily 5/14, AUTHOR: Michael Martinez]

Clear Channel Sale Is Gaining Momentum

CLEAR CHANNEL SALE IS GAINING MOMENTUM
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Dennis K. Berman dennis.berman@wsj.com and Sarah McBride sarah.mcbride@wsj.com]

Beware of the promises of Murdoch

BEWARE OF THE PROMISES OF MURDOCH
[SOURCE: New York Observor, AUTHOR: Joe Conason]

Parties Split Over Public Inequities of Private Equity

PARTIES SPLIT OVER PUBLIC INEQUITIES OF PRIVATE EQUITY
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Dale Russakoff]

Univision Eyes Retransmission-Consent Fee

UNIVISION'S UVA EYES $1 RETRANSMISSION-CONSENT FEES
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Mike Reynolds]

Consumers Less Satisfied With TV Service

CONSUMERS LESS SATISFIED WITH TV SERVICE
[SOURCE: TVPredictions.com, AUTHOR: Phillip Swann]