Air for Sale:Canadian Government Sells it $3.7 billion!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAnd Canadians thought the one thing that was free, was Air? Who knew it was a Gold Mine for the Government!" Feds pulling billions out of thin air -- and it's for real By...

Who'll Unplug Big Media? Stay Tuned

by ROBERT W. MCCHESNEY & JOHN NICHOLS–This article appears in the June 16, 2008 edition of The Nation.–"On a Thursday in mid-May, the Senate did something that would have been unimaginable a decade ago. Led by Democrat Byron Dorgan, the senators--Democrats and...

FCC proposes free Internet

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. communications regulators are considering auctioning a piece of the airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet service without pornography. Federal Communications...

Supreme Court to examine !@%$#%@ profanity rules

The classic free-speech-versus-protecting-the-tender-ears-of-children debate will resurface in fall when the Supreme Court takes a look at broadcast decency rules against the "F-word and its close cousins" on the...

Airwaves, Web Power at Auction

"The auction for rights to a highly valuable swath of the nation’s airwaves will begin Thursday and is expected to include multibillion-dollar bids from the nation’s two biggest wireless phone companies, Verizon and AT&T, as well as Google."

The Return of Stewart and Colbert: A NowPublic Roundup

Like other late night denizens, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert decided to return to air last night, sans writers. Under an even more watchful 'net eye than previous returns by Letterman and Leno, both made...

Jay Leno May Have Broken Strike Rules

Well, he may have broken strike rules (though one person breaking the rules might be a bit better than Letterman, whose entire team made a deal with the network that doesn't involve the writers guild) but Leno nailed the late night slot, beating out Letterman's audience by...

Don Imus Returns to Radio

See our previous coverage here and here."Just eight months after he was spectacularly fired from both CBS Radio and MSNBC for making racially and sexually disparaging remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball...

Venezuela: The Future is Today

After the dust settles from todays Venezuelan vote,  the impact on the U.S. and Latin America will be enormous. If Chavez wins his opponents will claim fraud, if the "No" voters win Chavez will claim it was U.S....

Google sets sights on US airwaves

"Google has announced it is in the running for a slice of the US airwaves that would allow it to launch a nationwide wireless internet network. Part of the spectrum, called the C Block, is being sold by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in an auction starting at...

Bill Moyers Journal

Michael Copps is one of 5 FCC commisioners and he is extremely encouraging, considering the state of American Media.  Bill Moyers, for PBS, is the interviewer."BILL MOYERS: You said in a recent speech that-- that America's playing Russian roulette with all of our media....

IMUS RETURNS TO AIRWAVES Deal with ABC

**Exclusive** In a dramatic and dazzling career rebound, controversial radio host Don Imus has secured a deal returning him to the airwaves on December 3 -- this time on the nation's most listened to talk...

The Art of Words

"In April, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons said the recording and broadcast industries should consistently ban three racial and sexist epithets from all so-called clean versions of rap songs and the airwaves....

FCC to Decide on Auction Rules Today

"The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote this morning on the rules governing the January auction of valuable airwaves. These airwaves are coveted by phone, cable and Internet companies of all sizes because they are ideal for carrying wireless signals. The...

FCC: Fairness Doctrine losing relevance

This is not good news and points out why portals like NowPublic are becoming more and more important to the free transfer of information on the Internet.  - The Angryindian---------------------------------------------"The Federal Communications Commission has no...

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