Durbin seeks prompt FCC action regarding Tribune Co. sale
DURBIN SEEKS PROMPT FCC ACTION REGARDING TRIBUNE CO SALE
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: Dennis Conrad]
June 2007
Teamsters Call on FCC to Protect Diverse and Local Viewpoints at Tribune
TEAMSTERS CALL ON FCC TO PROTECT DIVERSE AND LOCAL VIEWPOINTS AT TRIBUNE
[SOURCE: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release]
Cable Wants to Colonize Your TV: Consumer Groups Ask FCC for Help
CABLE WANTS TO COLONIZE YOUR TV: CONSUMER GROUPS ASK FCC FOR HELP
[SOURCE: Public Knowledge, AUTHOR: John Bergmayer]
Rebuffed Rogers Buys Stations
REBUFFED ROGERS BUYS STATIONS
[SOURCE: Multichannel News]
Rogers Media shifted quickly to plan B, saying Tuesday that it agreed to buy five TV stations from CTVglobemedia after failing to buy a TV-station group from Chum. Rogers, which owns Canada’s largest cable operator, said its Rogers Broadcasting arm would buy the five Citytv stations for $375 million in cash, subject to approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. The CRTC last week nixed Rogers’ plans to buy Chum’s so-called A-Channel stations and other programming assets.
Internet, cable fail to increase knowledge of current affairs
INTERNET, CABLE FAIL TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF CURRENT AFFAIRS
[SOURCE: Associated Press]
Paris Has the Media Burning
PARIS HAS THE MEDIA BURNING
[SOURCE: Project for Excellence in Journalism, AUTHOR: Mark Jurkowitz]
Blair Compares News Media to ‘Feral Beast’ in Angry Parting Shot
BLAIR COMPARES NEWS MEDIA TO 'FERAL BEAST' IN ANGRY PARTING SHOT
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Alan Cowell]
Secret Surveillance Evidence Unsealed in AT&T Spying Case
SECRET SURVEILLANCE EVIDENCE UNSEALED IN AT&T SPYING CASE
[SOURCE: Electronic Frontier Foundation]
Bush Aides Helped Respond to Firings, E-Mails Show
BUSH AIDES HELPED RESPOND TO FIRINGS, E-MAILS SHOW
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Dan Eggen]
Localism Hearing in Portland, Maine on June 28
LOCALISM HEARING IN PORTLAND, MAINE JUNE 28
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
The Federal Communications Commission announced details of its previously announced Portland, Maine localism hearing: Portland High School from 4pm to 11pm.
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