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Democratic FCC Commissioner Michael Copps continues his quest to get more public input on the issue of media ownership rules. On Wednesday he announced two more public hearings to be held in March at the University of Washington in Seattle and at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. After Copps made his announcement, FCC Chair…

As promised on the radio show, I now have posted the comments that Nexstar and Sinclair filed with the FCC on the media ownership review docket. Both companies own TV stations in the Champaign-Decatur-Springfield, IL DMA (where the ‘geek is located), in addition to owning stations nationwide. Nexstar owns Champaign CBS affiliate WCIA Ch. 3…

Matthew Engel argues in this Mediag Guardian editorial that the much decried, but rarely sighted, liberal American media doesn’t exist, especially not in newspapers: “Most Washington reports consist of stories emanating from inside the government: these may (rarely) be genuine leaks; they may come from officials anxious to brief against rival officials, but that too…

The Dec. 27 edition of the mediageek radio show is now on-line (but not listed on the main radio show page yet). It’s a freewheeling discussion with John Anderson, of DIYmedia.net, about the past year in grassroots and indymedia, with a particular focus on low-power/free/pirate radio. You can listen in: low bitrate mp3 (16kbps –…

The Smoking Gun filed a FOIA request for all the public comments made to the agency over the airing of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on CBS this fall. Predictably, the majority of the comments were negative and many were part of coordinated campaigns run by such outfits as the American Family Association. But, there…

Today on mediageeklife: “Holding My Nose To Vote / Fear of a Ryan Planet.”

It looks like the DNS change has propagated through most of the North American Internet, and so today is the first day of seeing the new page for most of you. As I alluded to before, I’ve changed blog software to Moveable Type, which runs on the new server and provides a much more flexible…

Rep. Howard Berman, a California Democrat, is sponsoring the “Peer-to-Peer Privacy Prevention Act” which, among other things, would allow record companies to hack P2P networks (including your computer if it’s part of the network). Wired News reports Berman’s true view on open debate of issues of public importance: “Those who oppose such legislation ‘are generally…

Reclaim the Media in Pictures, Sound and Words My pal (and traveling companion) John at DIYmedia has put together a kick-ass compilation feature on the Reclaim the Media conference and Mosquito Fleet micropower action. We shared the material we collected, like pictures and interviews, which are now nicely compiled on his site — and much…

I’m getting ready to take the bold leap into using moveable type on a new server, leaving poor blogger behind. Not that there’s anything wrong with ol’ blogger, it’s just I wanted to wean myself off ftp and use a server that allows cgi. And so, the time shall be soon when you’ll see the…