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Salon.com
June 28, 2001
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One big happy channel? The Telecommunications Reform Act handed over control of the radio airwaves to a chosen few. Will TV be next?   |
BusinessWeek
March 1, 2004
Catherine Yang |
Keeping Little Voices In Big Media The FCC should at least install minimum guarantees for independent opinions. Has deregulation gone to far? |
The Motley Fool
March 12, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Indecent Proposal New indecency legislation may change the face of broadcasting. |
Reason
November 2008
Jesse Walker |
Beyond the Fairness Doctrine Barack Obama says he wouldn't reintroduce the Federal Communications Commission's most notorious speech-squashing regulation. But there are more mundane reasons to fear the next FCC. |
BusinessWeek
February 23, 2004
Lowry et al. |
Mega Media Mergers: How Dangerous? If Comcast wins Disney, a few behemoths will dominate news, entertainment, and distribution |
BusinessWeek
January 19, 2004
Grover & Lowry |
Rupert's World With DirecTV, Murdoch finally has a global satellite empire. Get ready for a fierce new media war. |
Reason
March 2005
Glenn Garvin |
Who Killed Captain Video? The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television, by David Weinstein is an absorbing account of the creator of America's first television network Allen Du Mont's rise and fall. |
Knowledge@Wharton
June 4, 2003 |
New FCC Rules on Media Ownership: Static from All Sides When Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell described his agency's partial deregulation of media outlet ownership restrictions June 2 as "modest, albeit very significant changes," few seemed to share his sentiment. |
Salon.com
May 21, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Rupert in the sky with diamonds If he seizes America's satellite TV market, uber-mogul Rupert Murdoch will rule the airwaves on earth and in heaven. But John McCain may shoot him down... |
Wired
March 2002
Frank Rose |
Big Media or Bust As consolidation sweeps the content and telecom industries, FCC merger maniac Michael Powell has a plan: Let's roll... |
Reason
December 2004 |
The Reluctant Planner FCC Chairman Michael Powell on indecency, innovation, consolidation, and competition. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2010
Jesse Emspak |
Internet Challenges Cable Companies, but They Aren't Done Yet The need for revenue keeps many stations from going online-only. |
Salon.com
June 7, 2002
Jeffrey Benner |
Getting a lock on broadband How the FCC is paving the way for a few big companies to control everyone's high-speed Internet access. |
Home Theater
October 19, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
NY Viewers Bruised in Carriage Smash In cable rebroadcast dispute, two major local channels go dark. |
BusinessWeek
July 22, 2010
Bliss & Shields |
Catch-Up Time for Comcast Rivals As federal review of the Comcast-NBC Universal merger goes into high gear, rivals know this is "ask-for" season and seek concessions. |
Reason
July 2000
Virginia Postrel |
Cable Access Regulation gave us media monopolies. Can consumer power shake them? |
Mother Jones
Sep/Oct 2001
Brendan I. Koerner |
Losing Signal The digital revolution has transformed the Federal Communications Commission into a Washington powerhouse. But just as the stakes are rising, the agency is ceding control to multimedia corporations and their lobbyists... |
InternetNews
April 3, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
Media Titans Won't Give Away What They Can Sell Entertainment kingpins take the stage at the Cable Show to defend the notion that when it comes to content, online doesn't always equal free. |
Salon.com
April 30, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Radio's big bully Dirty tricks and crappy programming: Welcome to the world of Clear Channel, the biggest station owner in America... |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2007
David Lee Smith |
The FCC Doesn't Get It FCC head Kevin Martin has proposed changes that would allow companies to own a newspaper and a TV or radio station in the same market. This could cause more problems than it solves. |
Reason
October 2004
Matt Welch |
Unbalanced Like a Fox Rupert Murdoch's lead shows that targeting a partisan audience can be a very lucrative business. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2009
David Lee Smith |
How Worthy Is the Comcast Buying Opportunity? There appear to be more negatives than positives to a Comcast/NBC Universal combo. |
BusinessWeek
May 21, 2009
Jon Fine |
Why Broadcast Networks Can't Just Turn Cable Sure, CBS and the others could garner paying audiences. But the broadcast network system is far too complex for a switch to happen easily. |
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
Tom Lowry |
Digital TV: Where Are All Those Eyeballs? Digital TV let local broadcasters create subchannels for niche programs. But a sour ad climate and distribution problems are preventing any revenue boost. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Fox Throws, and Takes, a Block News Corp.'s acquisition prevents takeover, while Fox News gets filtered. |
New Architect
February 2003
Bret A. Fausett |
Radio, Radio Why not let the webcasters play? |
PC Magazine
May 21, 2009
Sascha Segan |
I Want My MemeTV The Digital Transition will TV make more interesting. For example, let's give 4chan.org a TV channel. Seriously. |
Wired
June 2000
Alex Markels |
Radio Active Up against the megastations in a battle for the airwaves, do-it-yourself DJs are deploying two potent weapons - 100-watt transmitters and the global reach of the Web. |
PC Magazine
March 14, 2007
Dan Evans |
Tune in to Digital Radio Digital broadcasting and higher-definition signals are revolutionizing television. Can they do the same for another traditionally analog medium -- the radio? |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2012
Lynn Claudy |
TV's Future: The Broadcast Empire Strikes Back New digital technologies could put over-the-air TV back in vogue in the United States and around the world. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Murdoch Must Outfox Costs News Corp. has a great asset in Fox Broadcasting -- if it can rein in the programming expenses. Investors, take note. |
Salon.com
November 20, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Is Clear Channel playing a "shell game"? Critics of the radio-industry giant charge that it is skirting federal ownership rules with puppet competitors... |
BusinessWeek
March 7, 2005
Tom Lowry |
The Next Generation The next generation of media executives is waiting in the wings to inherit an industry in upheaval. They grew up embracing technology but know all too well that pirates are around every corner. |
Mother Jones
August 1999
Alex Markels |
Low Power To The People Muted by the high cost of broadcast licenses, diverse voices may yet step up to the mike, thanks to a new FCC proposal |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Comcast, Time Warner, And The Future Of The Cable Box Comcast's acquisition of Time Warner Cable is well underway. The $45 billion deal cements Comcast's position as the country's largest cable provider and the First Among Equals of our national cable cartel. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2011
Jonathan B. Spira |
Internet TV: Almost Ready for Prime Time One television watcher's search for the perfect IPTV service |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003
Catherine Yang |
Commentary: How Michael Powell Could Have the Last Laugh While the opponents of media consolidation seem to be gaining ground fast, they shouldn't be too quick to declare victory. |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2011 |
As New Owner of NBC Universal, Can Comcast Merge the Corporate With the Creative? Now that the deal is done, a look at NBC's new parent. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2004
Chris Mallon |
Radio's Satellite Revolution The FCC's crackdown on broadcast radio is making satellite a tempting alternative. |
Wired
March 2005
Charles C. Mann |
The Resurrection of Indie Radio FM never sounded so freaking good. How the coming digital boom - and Big Radio's bottom line - is driving the new golden age of multichannel, microniche broadcasting. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Entertainers Give the FCC an Earful Mergers and buyouts have already created a homogenized media landscape in which independent voices have no way to reach consumers. Can it get worse? Consumers and investors should be scared. |
Home Theater
July 2003
Rebecca Day |
Baby Steps to HDTV The process may be painful, but the result is a bundle of joy. |
BusinessWeek
April 28, 2011
Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Jeffrey Bewkes The Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes on why he's not afraid of Internet TV, the rise of Netflix, and his preference for stock buybacks over acquisitions. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Fox's Summer Job Fox intends to debut new programs in the summer... that's a great idea for all the networks. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2008
Rob Sabin |
Everything You Need to Know About the Digital TV Transition In reality, the digital TV transition isn't all that complicated. For most people, it is a nonissue, and for everyone else, adjusting to the switch will require minimal effort and expense. |
Inc.
May 1, 2010
Darren Dahl |
Business for Sale: A New Jersey TV Station A low-power station that broadcasts lots of high school sports and town hall meetings is on the market for $2.5 million. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2010
Mitchell Lazarus |
The Great Radio Spectrum Famine Mobile broadband is consuming the available radio spectrum. Serving up more won't be easy |
Popular Mechanics
July 25, 2008
Glenn Derene |
The Real Story of HDTV Standards--There Aren't Any: Buzzword When you turn on a high-definition broadcast, you assume that your TV will come to life with the crispest, sharpest picture imaginable. But the fact is, hi-def doesn't always mean high quality. |
BusinessWeek
March 11, 2010
Ronald Grover et al. |
Revenge of the Cable Guys If you think online TV will be free forever, think again. The cable companies have a plan to keep control - and stick you with the bill. |
BusinessWeek
March 4, 2009
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Boxee Brings Net-Based TV Just a Little Closer The new software manages to organize far-flung video content on the Web, but business issues and image quality still stand in the way. |
