Month: May 2003
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Welcome Clickers
Hello to anyone who clicked here via Lawrence Lessig’s blog, and thanks to him for the link. I just want to point out that I’ve been tracking the FCC media ownership rules review story for quite some time here on mediageek, and invite you to check out the media ownership & consolidation archive.
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How Better to Fight the Media Monoliths? With Lobbyists or Direct Action?
On Wednesday the media columnist for the Boston Globe profiled four prominent activists in the current battle to keep the FCC from dismantling current media ownership regs. The profiles are relatively short and shallow, but what strikes me is that of the four, only one, Jenny Toomey of the Future of Music Coalition is not…
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The Impending Consolidation Story Up To Now — No More Begging
On today’s mediageek radio show I decided to give an update to all the various non-happenings and news regarding the impending FCC review of media ownership rules. It’s sort of a continuation and elaboration of Wednesday’s blog entry, Growing Awareness of the Media Monopoly Threat, But Will It Do Any Good? Click for more below.…