Martin: FCC May Need To Regulate Food Ads
MARTIN: FCC MAY NEED TO REGULATE FOOD ADS
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
May 2007
The Stable Of Cable As A Poster Child
THE STABLE OF CABLE AS A POSTER CHILD
[SOURCE: MediaChannel.org, AUTHOR: Danny Schechter]
NAB Concerned About DTV-Box Shortage
NAB CONCERNED ABOUT DTV-BOX SHORTAGE
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
Selling Spanish TV to ad buyers
SELLING SPANISH TV TO AD BUYERS
[SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, AUTHOR: Lorenza Muñoz]
News Corp. to offer board seat to Bancrofts
NEWS CORP TO OFFER BOARD SEAT TO BANCROFTS
[SOURCE: Reuters]
Media conglomerate News Corp. said on Monday it will offer members of Dow Jones & Co. Inc.'s controlling family, the Bancrofts, a seat on News Corp.'s board if they approve a $5 billion buyout offer. In a letter sent to members of the family on Friday, News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch promised to preserve the journalistic integrity of Dow Jones' flagship newspaper, The Wall Street Journal, and said he would establish an editorial board to oversee the news pages. Murdoch also said he would retain current management.
Pentagon Blocks 13 Web Sites From Military Computers
PENTAGON BLOCKS 13 WEB SITES FROM MILITARY COMPUTERS
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Dan Frosch]
Members of the military will not be allowed to use military computers to communicate through Web sites like YouTube and MySpace under restrictions that the Pentagon imposed yesterday. The rule bans 13 sites, many of them networking, music or photo-sharing sites, because they have slowed the Internet network of the Defense Department, military officials said. Critics said the policy represented the latest effort to control the deluge of information flowing from soldiers on the battlefield.
Campaigns Embrace Use of Text Messages
CAMPAIGNS EMBRACE USE OF TEXT MESSAGES
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Amy Schatz Amy.Schatz@wsj.com]
Laptops in the classroom: Mend it, don't end it
LAPTOPS IN THE CLASSROOM: MEND IT, DON'T END IT
[SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor, AUTHOR: Justin Reich]
Study sees no future in selling video downloads
STUDY SEES NO FUTURE IN SELLING VIDEO DOWNLOADS
[SOURCE: Reuters ]
Viacom sees more strength in Web advertising
VIACOM SEES MORE STRENGTH IN WEB ADVERTISING
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Kenneth Li and Michele Gershberg]