AltWeeklies Wire
Nipple? We Don't See No Stinkin' Nipplenew
The most shocking thing about the Janet Jackson-Justin Timberlake wardrobe malfunction during the 2004 Super Bowl was its brevity. And yet somehow in that split second, an America that was still reeling from the realization that it was not invincible, that it too could be attacked, found a way to fight back. At what exactly we were never quite sure. But, boy oh boy, did it ever cause a bustle in our collective hedgerow.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
07-23-2008 |
Media
Millions of Americans Remain Confused and Misinformed About Coming Digital-TV Transitionnew
On February 17, 2009, the United States launches an ambitious digital-TV transition, requiring all full-power broadcast stations to scrap their analog transmissions in favor of digital-only signals. Yet surveys indicate that the American populace is thoroughly confused about the change.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
05-21-2008 |
TV
Net Neutrality: World War Webnew
The era of an open, egalitarian and transparent internet could soon come to a screeching halt in America -- unless we fight back.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Do I Need to Buy a New Television?new
If you're like the average American, you don't fully understand what TV's analog to digital transition means for you.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
04-11-2008 |
Movies
Roll Call for the 2008 Muzzle Awardsnew
The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression honors -- if that's the right word -- those who engage in "especially egregious or ridiculous" acts of censorship.
C-Ville Weekly |
Cathy Harding |
04-09-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Comcast Can't Buy Lovenew
The FCC is holding a second public hearing on network neutrality at Stanford as it investigates Comcast's custom of choking or blocking certain content over its network. Comcast says it's all in the name of smart business, but opponents say the company's trying to cripple competitors.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
04-01-2008 |
Tech
Newspapers Censor Bono's Fucking Gaffenew
The FCC's "Broadcast Indecency" rules are, in a word, bullshit.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
03-13-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties, FCC
Big Media's Big Giftnew
How the FCC is helping media fat cats get more power over what you know.
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
11-27-2007 |
Media
The FCC's Media Malicenew
Chairman Kevin Martin wants to fast-track relaxing media ownership rules so that a company could own TV and radio stations -- and a newspaper -- in the same market.
Kevin Martin, from N.C. to the FCCnew
Unlike his predecessor as FCC chairman, Michael Powell, Martin is not an anti-regulation ideologue in lockstep with Republicans and telecom companies.
FCC Commish Stumps for Indy Medianew
FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein joins Senator Bernie Sanders to promote tighter restrictions on media consolidation.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
02-16-2007 |
Media
Astrodome Radio Station Silencednew
As activist James Ellinger imagined it, a community radio station would have helped reunite family members and link evacuees to jobs, schools and health care.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
09-21-2005 |
Media
Radio Free Worldnew
The airwaves and clubs are now open to anyone armed with a computer and MP3 player
Columbus Alive |
Brian Carroll |
03-10-2005 |
Music
Build Your TV!new
As the FCC and the entertainment biz get ready to end home recording as we know it, a bunch of radical geeks are working on a solution or two.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
03-02-2005 |
Media
Citadel Stations Circumcise Howard Sternnew
Since Howard Stern announced he'll move to Sirius Satellite Radio as of Jan. 1, 2006, Citadel radio stations have been deleting words from his syndicated morning-drive show and shutting off his broadcasts early, sometimes in mid-sentence.
Syracuse New Times |
Bill DeLapp |
12-09-2004 |
Media
