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Author: Paul

  • Digital Media Distribution: Is the Honeymoon Over?

    Digital Media Distribution: Is the Honeymoon Over? The BBC reports that a bill has been entered into Congress by Dem. Senator Fritz Hollings that would make it illegal to manufacture or sell computer equipment without gov’t approved copy protection devices. This latest legal move on behalf of the music and film industries comes alongside the…

  • A quickie: The folks at

    A quickie: The folks at Global Indymedia Features have put together a nice little complilation of analyses of recent mainstream media coverage, called “Questioning US Media’s Coverage of War.”

  • More on shortwave: Monitoring Times

    More on shortwave: Monitoring Times is a good independent magazine that covers shortwave and scanner listening. They have a page outlining good shortwave listening resources for news directly from Afghanistan and the Middle East. Most of these frequencies are for non-English broadcasts, though apparently Afghanistan’s Radio Shari’ah broadcasts in English from 1530-1545 UTC daily (10:30am…

  • Shortwave Popular During These Times

    Shortwave Popular During These Times Looks like I’m just a bit ahead of the curve — the SF Gate reports that sales of shortwave radios have surged in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks–and now in the wake of US counter attacks. The article notes that Afghanistan does not have much of a media…

  • Felon Loses Radio Stations

    Christopher Maxwell from Radio Free Richmond points out this report from Radio and Records that stations in Indiana and Missouri owned by Michael Rice have been shut down by the FCC because of Rice’s felony criminal record. The FCC said that it’s action is “incontrovertibly final,” due to the Commission’s belief that Rice misrepresented his…

  • Is Streaming Worth It for Public Radio?

    Is Streaming Worth It for Public Radio? This is the question asked by Current, the journal of Public Broadcasting. The article sizes up the cost and benefit of being on-line given the recording industry efforts to charge royalties for songs played on-line (they don’t charge for regular broadcast) and the Associated Press’ new 15% surcharge…

  • Indie Rock Meets IndyMedia, sorta

    Indie Rock Meets IndyMedia, sorta The Poster Children are perhaps the most well-known indie rock band from Champaign-Urbana, IL (the mediageek homestead), and they very much embody the DIY spirit, writing, recording and producing their own music in their own home studio, while also producing all their own artwork and even videos. They also do…

  • Some quick links I’ve gathered

    Some quick links I’ve gathered this week, but haven’t had time to comment much on: Boulder Weekly reported on Free Radio Boulder on Sept. 6. A lot of the same territory is covered that you see whenever the press covers a free radio station, but at least the article is fair. Record industry sues Napster…

  • Mediachannel.org is keeping tabs on

    Mediachannel.org is keeping tabs on media concentration with a special watch guide called: “Will Ownership Rules Be Trashed Behind Our Backs?” The worry is that with the media hyperfocused on the aftermath of Sept. 11 that there will be little debate or notice about the FCC’s upcoming review of ownership rules, and that change of…

  • Mainstream Media Blackout? Turn to Indymedia for News of DC Peace Rallies

    Mainstream Media Blackout? Turn to Indymedia for News of DC Peace Rallies Meant to post this earlier… More than 10,000 people are on the streets of DC this weekend demonstrating for a peaceful response to the Sept. 11 attacks, and if you rely on the mainstream media you’d barely know it. Journalistic stalwarts like the…