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Media Minutes: May 9, 2008 Updated: 2008-05-08 20:34:08 Description: The Media Giraffe Project encourages sustainable and innovative ways of using media to foster participatory democracy and community. And the House held a hearing this week on the Internet Freedom Preservation Act. read more...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: April 18, 2008 Updated: 2008-04-18 21:53:10 Description: One big problem with the outcome of the 700 MHz auction: Giant telecom companies Verizon and AT&T were the big winners while women and minority businesses were squeezed out. And guest commentator Craig Aaron explains why Comcast should be voted A...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: April 25, 2008 Updated: 2008-04-25 05:40:56 Description: The New York Times uncovers a large, coordinated Pentagon scheme to sell the occupation of Iraq to the American public via a network of retired military officers acting as “analysts” and “experts.” And Net Neutrality takes center stage at both Congre...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: May 2, 2008 Updated: 2008-05-01 21:08:57 Description: FCC Chairman Kevin Martin announced the agency will craft a new plan for a national public safety network. And the Senate Commerce Committee passed a legislative veto of the FCC’s new media ownership rules as Rupert Murdoch prepared to bid for a thir...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: April 11, 2008 Updated: 2008-04-10 22:05:53 Description: At BroadbandCensus.com, you can find out about broadband providers in your area, see what your broadband speed actually is, and help create a nationwide census on broadband information that big media companies don’t want you to know. And Community Te...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: April 4, 2008 Updated: 2008-04-03 21:40:39 Description: Public pressure may have forced Comcast to work with BitTorrent on finding ways to distribute large Internet files, but their collaboration is no substitute for actual policy that would keep the Internet open. And 25 rural Vermont towns have joined i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: March 14, 2008 Updated: 2008-03-17 15:53:23 Description: Media activists are rallying support in the Senate to overturn ownership rules. And Radio Arte, Chicago's Latino-owned, bilingual public radio station, teaches more than radio skills to young people. read more...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: March 21, 2008 Updated: 2008-03-20 23:03:39 Description: The MPAA has allied themselves with cable and phone companies in their multi-million dollar fight against Net Neutrality. And the increasing disappearance of editorial from newspapers correlates with the rise of media consolidation. read more...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: March 28, 2008 Updated: 2008-03-27 22:41:22 Description: High hopes that the FCC spectrum auction would provide competition in the wireless market were dashed as Verizon and AT&T won bids for large portions of the airwaves. And the Chauncey Bailey Project continues to honor the work of the slain report...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: February 8, 2008 Updated: 2008-02-08 06:00:00 Description: One-third of Americans living in households with TVs are entirely unaware of the government-mandated transition to digital broadcasting slated to take place in February 2009. And the House held a hearing on public, educational and governmental channe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: December 21, 2007 Updated: 2007-12-21 05:00:00 Description: In a 3-2 partisan vote, the FCC ruled to allow further media consolidation, defying overwhelming public and Congressional opposition. But the fight is not over....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: November 8, 2007 Updated: 2007-11-08 05:00:00 Description: Despite the short notice from the FCC, media activists came out to rally against another Big Media giveaway before a public hearing at the agency headquarters. Inside the hearing, Chairman Kevin Martin was hammered by those testifying on the effects ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: September 7, 2007 Updated: 2007-09-06 04:00:00 Description: The Youth Media Council is working for media justice and making a difference. Executive Director Malkia Cyril talks about mediating the public conversation to create better public policy. And as American news organizations cut back on international c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: July 27, 2007 Updated: 2007-07-26 04:00:00 Description: Journalists at the Wall Street Journal are apprehensive about the possibility of having Rupert Murdoch as their boss. Their union will have to be more vigorous than ever in making sure their rights are upheld. And the Senate Commerce Committee passes...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: July 13, 2007 Updated: 2007-07-13 04:00:00 Description: Phone and cable companies continue their state-by-state campaign to "streamline" video franchising rules, though some states are now wishing they hadn't. Getting information out of the federal government is getting tougher. Microsoft and the Justice ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: March 23, 2007 Updated: 2007-03-23 04:00:00 Description: Webcasting as we know it is in serious danger of being squeezed out of business by music industry greed. And the debate over losing Network Neutrality grows beyond the bounds of online communication....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: March 30, 2007 Updated: 2007-03-30 04:00:00 Description: Satellite radio seeks a merger, and musicians organize with their fans to Rock the Net and make Internet freedom a point of law again....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: April 6, 2007 Updated: 2007-04-06 04:00:00 Description: Rules regarding the deployment of next-generation wireless broadband are under debate at the FCC. Webcasters may get a reprieve from royalty rates that could drive many of them out of business. And Clear Channel's plans to go private hit a snag....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: March 2, 2007 Updated: 2007-03-02 05:00:00 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: January 19, 2007 Updated: 2007-01-19 05:00:00 Description: The mood in Washington, D.C. over the chances for constructive media and telecommunications policy reform swings dramatically, though not all of Congress' business will be conducted in the public interest, and the secretive culture of the Federal Com...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: January 26, 2007 Updated: 2007-01-26 05:00:00 Description: Though the FCC may be moving slowly on revising media ownership rules, it's preparing to avoid enforcement of prohibitions on radio payola. And how media justice is to building a substantive movement dedicated to media reform....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: January 5, 2007 Updated: 2007-01-05 05:00:00 Description: The FCC approves the merger of AT&T and BellSouth with a provision that temporarily preserves Network Neutrality. Private investment in big media companies provokes new questions about regulations surrounding media ownership and its implications. And...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: December 22, 2006 Updated: 2006-12-22 05:00:00 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: December 15, 2006 Updated: 2006-12-14 05:00:00 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: November 3, 2006 Updated: 2006-11-03 05:00:00 Description: New York State's investigation into radio payola snags its first broadcast conglomerate. And more than 350 people converge in Oakland to tell two FCC Commissioners to roll back media consolidation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: October 6, 2006 Updated: 2006-10-06 04:00:00 Description: A thousand people attend the FCC's first official public hearing on media ownership and nearly unanimously oppose further media concentration, while thousands more are expected to attend the third National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis, Tenn...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: September 15, 2006 Updated: 2006-09-15 04:00:00 Description: A Future of Media town meeting in Milwaukee brings out hundreds to talk about media consolidation, while a scandal brews at the FCC involving a spiked study touting the advantages of localism. Meanwhile, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin talks a good game ab...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: September 8, 2006 Updated: 2006-09-08 04:00:00 Description: Grassroots pressure builds on the Senate to preserve Internet freedom, while phone and cable companies redouble their efforts to do away with it. And a Fast Fact: the automation of journalism is alive and well....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: September 1, 2006 Updated: 2006-09-01 04:00:00 Description: Ken Tomlinson is back in the hot seat, and a glimpse of the globalization of media reform....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: July 21, 2006 Updated: 2006-07-21 04:00:00 Description: The so-called "father" and "grandfather" of the Internet hold a "debate" on Network Neutrality, while telecom executives in Europe watch the unfolding debate in D.C. closely. And a Fast Fact: media use of think tanks displays a distinct bias....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: June 9, 2006 Updated: 2006-06-09 04:00:00 Description: Selling out the Internet: the House of Representatives takes a dangerous step toward the virtual toll road. Hear a montage of politicians sing from the same phone books and cable guides at the expense of free speech online....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: June 2, 2006 Updated: 2006-06-02 04:00:00 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Media Minutes: April 21, 2006 Updated: 2006-04-21 04:00:00 Description: Lawrence Lessig helps explain the pending threat from Congress to an open Internet. Will the people's representatives destroy democratic communication online?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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