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Month: August 2005

  • Next Battle of the Indecency War is Cable and Satellite… and Unconstitutional

    Salon has an article on the forces girding for the next stage of the regulatory battle over indecency. One of the next fronts may be cable and satellite, which FCC Chair Kevin Martin would like to see subjected to indecency regs just like broadcast TV and radio. According to Salon the staff of Senate Commerce…

  • When Do “Alternative” Weeklies Cease Being Alternative?

    Perhaps the answer to that question is: When their parent companies get as big as the rest of the rest of the media giants. The SF Bay Guardian has uncovered merger plans for the two reigning giants in the alternative weekly field, the Village Voice and the New Times, creating “an 18-paper chain controlled to…

  • Podsafe Music Network: Great Idea, Rotten Terms

    I’ve been considering changing the music used on the radioshow for a while, moving to music that I can guarantee is freely useable both on-air and in podcasts. A musician contacted me by email asking me to check out his work at the Podsafe Music Network, where artists can specifically license their songs to be…

  • Headline News from Aug. 26 Radioshow

    These are the news headlines as read on the Aug. 26 edition of the mediageek radioshow: CBC Lockout Continues, Workers Make Their Own Media; Stern Might Get Early Boot Over Indecency; FCC Approves Multicast Satellite Must Carry in HI & AK.

  • Locked Out CBC Workers Podcast

    A couple of days ago I posted about locked out CBC workers running on-line radio station, hoping that they would podcast so that listeners wouldn’t be beholden to a schedule for dialing in. Little did I know that Canadian radio blogger Tod Maffin had already done that at Odeo.com and the iTunes music store. Maffin…

  • On Friday’s Radioshow: Aaron Glantz on How America Lost Iraq

    A couple of hours ago I finished an interview with Free Speech Radio News reporter Aaron Glantz who spent time in Baghdad after Saddam fell, reporting for FSRN and Pacifica. He’s written a book about his experiences, How America Lost Iraq, and Champaign, IL is kind of his last stop on his DIY book tour.…

  • The Strike Newspaper Updated with Internet Radio

    The English-language workers of the Canadian Broadcasting Company, Canada’s public broadcaster, are locked out as part of a labor dispute. Amongst the disagreements, the CBC wants to use more temporary workers who won’t qualify for the benefits that permanent workers enjoy. It is common for striking workers to publish their own newspaper, both as a…

  • Headline News from Aug. 19 Radioshow

    These are some of the news headlines as read on the Aug. 19, 2005 edition of the radioshow: Media Ownership Back on FCC Table in 30-60 Days; Two Big Telecomm Mergers on the Horizon; SBC Spends Big in Texas; CBC Labor Lockout; Indecency Complaints Down; Muni Broadband a Hot Topic with State Legislators.

  • Thank You, Odeo

    The nice folks at Odeo have chosen the mediageek radioshow as a featured podcast this week. I am grateful, and as this brings in more subscribers to the feed, I hope all the new listeners enjoy the program. As always, if you have any suggestions for things to cover or do a piece on the…

  • Digital Video Direct to Disc or Card, Coming Soon, but Not Quite There Yet

    Following up a bit on my last post, the photography website, Luminous Landscape, has a brief user review of the new JVC MC500 camcorder that records direct to compact-flash card, rather than DV tape. Now, before I get branded a luddite, I believe that this is the direction which digital video is going and should…