Author: Paul

Damn It’s Gettin’ Thick: Disney Prez Says Local Ownership not Necessary for Good Local TV News Broadcasting and Cable reports on a letter Disney Corp. President Robert Iger sent to FCC Chair Michael Powell in which he argues that local ownership isn’t necessary to do quality local TV news and public affairs programming. Iger instead…

More on Consolidation: Congress and Industry Butt Heads over Ownership Limits Today the Senate Commerce Committee, led by Chairman Sen. Ernest Hollings, held a hearing on broadcast ownership limits, which the FCC is scheduled to review later this year. Reuters reports that FCC Chairman Powell expressed that he is against more ownership limits except for…

Study Says Cable Modems Will Outstrip DSL–Does this Feed the Media Monopoly Monster? Washtech.com reports on a Multimedia Research Group (MRG) study determining that DSL will lead globally, but that major investments in digital cable infrastructure will cause cable Internet access to lead. The study notes that last-mile DSL infrastructure–taking DSL to actual homes and…

While many pundits and commentators have been sounding the death of Internet radio or bemoaning its quality, PC Magazine’s John C. Dvorak praises Live365.com, for its user-supplied mix of eclectic programming. He especially likes the streams of old-time radio programs and 50s top-40 hits, but there are thousands of other channels to choose from. I…

A Different Face of Community Radio: Ethnic Stations in Suburban NYC The New York Times has an interesting article today about ethnic and foreign-language radio stations popping up in the ‘burbs. The articles notes that this is due to a demographic shift, especially in NJ, and also due to the consolidation of the NYC-based radio…

Nation/World-Wide Panel on the Indymedia Movement, July 29 Duayne Wittingham of the Springfield, IL IMC group, in coordination with the Tom and Darryl Show, announces a radio roundtable and discussion on the Indymedia movement, to air on WQNA 88.3 FM in Springfield, IL, and to a national and world-wide audience on shortwave station WBCQ 7415…

Free Radio Events in Berkeley and Chicago For those of you close to these locales, I thought I’d make you aware in case you weren’t already. In the SF Bay Area Free Radio Berkeley will be hosting an Open House Party, on Sunday, July 22 5 PM to 10 PM at 2547 8th Street, Unit…

The Resurgance of Video Activism Chicago’s LiP magazine has an aricle offering a pretty complete overview of the recent growth of video activism. The author identifies the Indymedia Center movement as an impetus, providing a world-wide cooperative network that formerly atomized video groups and collectives can utilize to link up and distribute their works. I…

Alternet Editor Says, “No magazine of opinion makes money on its own.” The Online Journalism Review has a nice article on Alternet, a syndication service for alternative weeklies and other independent publications. Alternet’s website has experienced a spike in traffic since the coronation of King George W.. It’s editor, Don Hazen, says that there’s been…

Secret Service Calls Public Access TV Show The Eugene, Oregon Cascadia Media Collective reports on the Infoshop.org News Kiosk that they received a call from the Secret Service in response to their July 4th edition of their public access TV show, “Cascadia Alive!” According to the CMC the agent who called said that their program…