Verizon warns against unnecessary U.S. auction rules
VERIZON WARNS AGAINST UNNECESSARY US AUCTION RULES
[SOURCE: Reuters]
May 2007
Informal Consumer Inquiries and Complaints
INFORMAL CONSUMER INQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
For teens, too much TV can impair learning later, study says
FOR TEENS, TOO MUCH TV CAN IMPAIR LEARNING LATER
[SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor, AUTHOR: Daniel B. Wood]
If your 14-year-old is sitting in front of the TV for hours a day, your concerns about your teenager's education may be borne out. That's because watching three or more hours of television a day leads to poor homework completion, negative attitudes toward school, bad grades, and poor performance in college, according to a study published this week.
Time to tame TV violence
TIME TO TAME TV VIOLENCE
[SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor, AUTHOR: Editorial staff]
Media execs blast further U.S. TV regulation
MEDIA EXECS BLAST FURTHER US TV REGULATION
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Yinka Adegoke]
Media executives on Tuesday criticized potential further U.S government involvement in regulating what Americans watch on television and called on industry lobbyists to prepare for a battle in Washington.
http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSN0848966520070509
Univision Gives Citizenship Drive An Unusual Lift
UNIVISION GIVES CITIZENSHIP DRIVE AN UNUSUAL LIFT
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Miriam Jordan miriam.jordan@wsj.com]
HBO's Zitter Says DRM Is Misnomer
HBO'S ZITTER SAYS DRM IS MISNOMER
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: Glen Dickson]
Private Equity: So Who Are These Guys?
PRIVATE EQUITY: SO WHO ARE THESE GUYS?
[SOURCE: tvnewsday, AUTHOR: Price Colman]
Eight More Reasons To Distrust Murdoch
EIGHT MORE REASONS TO DISTRUST MURDOCH
[SOURCE: Slate, AUTHOR: Jack Shafer]
[Commentary] The Wall Street Journal may not be a perfect newspaper, but its news pages consistently run counter to its economic interests—that is, if the paper can bruise or bloody a misbehaving or corrupt business with a well-reported story, it does. The same goes for advertisers. The same can't be said for Rupert Murdoch, whose $5 billion offer for Dow Jones, which owns the Journal, seems unstoppable.
http://www.slate.com/id/2165839/
* The O'Murdoch factor
CBS-Fox Duopoly Takes Shape in Traverse City (MI)
CBS-FOX DUOPOLY TAKES SHAPE IN TRAVERSE CITY
[SOURCE: tvnewsday]
Cadillac Telecasting Co. is buying WFQX, the Fox affiliate serving Traverse City-Cadillac, Mich., with the intention of entering into a “shared services agreement†with Heritage Broadcasting Co., under which Heritage will operate the station in tandem with its CBS affiliate in the market, WWTV/WWUP. Since FCC rules prohibit ownership of two stations in small markets like Traverse City, many small-market broadcasters operate so-called duopolies through shared services agreements and other contractual arrangements.