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The Age of Murdoch Many see him as a power-mad, rapacious right-wing vulgarian. Rupert Murdoch has indeed been relentless in building a one-of-a kind media network that spans the world. What really drives him, though, is not ideology but a cool concern for the bottom line—and the belief that the media should be treated like any other business, not as a semi-sacred public trust. The Bush Administration agrees. Rupert Murdoch has seen the future, and it is him....
Posted: Sun, Aug 31, 2003 10:37am PDT
Debasing Democracy? A Tampa pirate radio activist says an FCC proposal favoring media conglomerates can be detrimental to us all....
Posted: Mon, Jul 14, 2003 9:56am PDT
Dr. Helen Caldicott on US War on Iraq (audio/mpeg 2.6MB) Dr. Helen Caldicott discusses the US war drive and global empire in a short interview (MP3 or stream)...
Posted: Fri, Oct 11, 2002 3:50am PDT
Public Interest Angels Descend on FCC A plucky band of public interest angels descended Friday afternoon on FCC headquarters. Was it all a dream, or was it Michael Powell's worst nightmare?...
Posted: Sun, Mar 24, 2002 7:54pm PST
The Revolution Will Be JAMMED - Independent Radio To Be Destroyed By Design The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is pressuring the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to force acceptance of new version of Digital Audio Broadcasting, a kind of "Fax For Audio" on to the existing AM and FM broadcast bands. To accomplish this, the NAB plans to double the amount of space on the dial that a station uses, thus jamming the signals of weaker stations next to them on the dial....
Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2002 5:32pm PST
Court Rejects NAB/NPR Attempt to Silence Low Power FM Press Release: The Center on Democratic Communications praises Court of Appeals rebuff of broadcast industry attempt to sabatoge Low Power FM....
Posted: Sun, Feb 10, 2002 10:44pm PST
the latest News on Low Power FM radio Congress, with the help of the NAB & NPR, has gutted the opportunity for hundreds of diverse community stations to go on the air....
Posted: Thu, Jan 18, 2001 9:54pm PST
n18 photos from Cincy 
These are photos shown in sequence of unfair arrests and general police incompetancy....
Posted: Thu, Dec 7, 2000 6:16pm PST
Natl Association of Broadcasters Execs Exposed! National Association of Broadcasters Executives Exposed....
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2000 2:59pm PDT
NPR Working Against Low-Powered FM Media reform groups call on listeners to withhold pledges until NPR stops beating up on neighborhood radio....
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2000 11:51am PDT
UPPNET union resolutions for AFL-CIO These UPPNET resolutions were presented to union locals and submitted to the AFl-CIO convention for action....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2000 11:21pm PDT
NAB Hate Radio Olympics It’s no accident that the Marconi Radio Award nominees include Don Imus, Howard Stern, and Rush Limbaugh, while past winners include Limbaugh, Stern, and Dr. Laura. Their styles of hate radio, carefully blended with plausible deniability, are anything but an abberation from the norm that America’s corporate broadcast media have sunk to....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2000 1:33am PDT
The NAB and Don Imus Don Imus is so well connected to elite media and politicians, he couldn’t possibly be doing hate radio, could he? Not unless hate radio is integral to America’s corporate media system!...
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2000 1:24am PDT
Mainstream Corporate Media Dismisses Democracy By ignoring critical social issues mainstream corporate media dismisses democratic values in the United States....
Posted: Sun, Sep 17, 2000 4:49pm PDT
n/a (audio/mpeg 1.1MB) The future, or lack thereof, of the music industry....
Posted: Fri, Sep 15, 2000 4:37pm PDT
TV Industry Challenged to Open Campaign Airwaves Today the Alliance for Better Campaigns is kicking off a grassroots campaign to get the attention of irresponsible broadcasters....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2000 3:25pm PDT
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