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Fox, NBC, Viacom, Walt Disney Co. Urge the Government to Scrap All Remaining Media-Ownership Rules: A Debate Between the FCC and Media Analysts Robert Mcchesney and Jeff Chester On Media Consolidation

Last week three of the nation’s four television networks, Fox, NBC and CBS’s parent company Viacom, joined forces to urge the federal government to scrap all remaining media-ownership rules.
Jan 07, 2003 | Story
Today, Democracy Now! Goes Live to the FCC Hearings in New York: With FCC Chair Michael Powell, Dissident FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, Aftra President John Connolly, Micro-Broadcasting Pioneer Pete

Imagine a country where one person runs the largest TV network, the largest radio conglomerate, the largest newspaper, and the largest Internet company in the country.
Jan 16, 2003 | Story
Should the FCC Scrap All Remaining Media Ownership Rules? We Go to the FCC Public Hearing with a Former FCC Chair, Fox Entertainment Group, the Nat'l Assoc. of Black Owned Broadcasters, the Nat'l Asso

Columbia Law School yesterday held a public hearing on the Federal Communications Commission’s plans to loosen or scrap all remaining media ownership rules. The hearing was at the instigation of unions and media activists, originally organized by the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Writers Guild of America, the Center for Digital Democracy, the Media Access Project and others.
Jan 17, 2003 | Story
Fox's Bill O'Reilly Tells the Son of a Man Who Perished in the WTC to Shut Up, Cuts His Microphone and Then Threatens Him with Violence: O'Reilly Didn't Like Jeremy Glick's Call for Peace

Earlier in the program we heard about how a federal judge has denied New York City activists a march permit for the massive, worldwide mobilization on February 5th.
Feb 11, 2003 | Story
Democracy Now! Vs. <I>the New York Post</I>: Dn! Host Amy Goodman Debates Post Columnist John Podhoretz On C-Span in a Live Simulcast with Pacifica. They Discuss War, the Peace Movement and What Comes

Welcome to Democracy Now!, I’m Juan Gonzalez, sitting in for Amy Goodman.
Apr 11, 2003 | Story
The U.S.A. Faces Wave of Media Mergers and Unprecedented Consolidation if FCC Relaxes Media Ownership Rules

FCC Chairman Michael Powell last week refused to delay the upcoming June 2nd vote on media ownership rules. Critics say relaxed rules will lead to more mergers, leaving a few huge companies in control of what people see, hear and read.
May 19, 2003 | Story
"Rupert Murdoch's Digital Death Star”

As the FCC prepares to unleash the largest wave of media consolidation in U.S. history, Jeff Chester of the Center for Digital Democracy discusses Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp move to buy satellite TV giant DirecTV.
May 21, 2003 | Story
FCC Commissioner Michael Copps Speaks at the Final Public Hearing Before FCC Overhauls Decades-Old Rules Governing Media Consolidation

FCC Commissioner Michael Powell, son of Sec. of State Gen. Colin Powell, failed to attend the final hearing on new rules that analysts say will lead to the largest wave of corporate media consolidation in U.S. history
May 22, 2003 | Story
"The Whole Thing Reeks of Conflict of Interest. To Begin the Catalog of Corruption Here, You Would Have to do a 24-Hour Marathon."

Robert McChesney, author of eight books on media and politics, discusses the the inner-workings of the FCC and the importance of media diversity.
Jun 02, 2003 | Story
Did Viacom-Sponsored Trips Affect FCC Media Bureau Chief Kenneth Ferree's Support of Media Consolidation? He Says No.

The rule changes are seen as a major victory for media giants, including CBS parent Viacom, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. and Tribune Co.
Jun 03, 2003 | Story

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Fox, NBC, Viacom, Walt Disney Co. Urge the Government to Scrap All Remaining Media-Ownership Rules: A Debate Between the FCC and Media Analysts Robert Mcchesney and Jeff Chester On Media Consolidation

Today, Democracy Now! Goes Live to the FCC Hearings in New York: With FCC Chair Michael Powell, Dissident FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, Aftra President John Connolly, Micro-Broadcasting Pioneer Pete

Should the FCC Scrap All Remaining Media Ownership Rules? We Go to the FCC Public Hearing with a Former FCC Chair, Fox Entertainment Group, the Nat'l Assoc. of Black Owned Broadcasters, the Nat'l Asso

Fox's Bill O'Reilly Tells the Son of a Man Who Perished in the WTC to Shut Up, Cuts His Microphone and Then Threatens Him with Violence: O'Reilly Didn't Like Jeremy Glick's Call for Peace

Democracy Now! Vs. <I>the New York Post</I>: Dn! Host Amy Goodman Debates Post Columnist John Podhoretz On C-Span in a Live Simulcast with Pacifica. They Discuss War, the Peace Movement and What Comes

The U.S.A. Faces Wave of Media Mergers and Unprecedented Consolidation if FCC Relaxes Media Ownership Rules

"Rupert Murdoch's Digital Death Star”

FCC Commissioner Michael Copps Speaks at the Final Public Hearing Before FCC Overhauls Decades-Old Rules Governing Media Consolidation

"The Whole Thing Reeks of Conflict of Interest. To Begin the Catalog of Corruption Here, You Would Have to do a 24-Hour Marathon."

Did Viacom-Sponsored Trips Affect FCC Media Bureau Chief Kenneth Ferree's Support of Media Consolidation? He Says No.

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