By Juliana Gruenwald, National Journal
The FCC came under criticism Wednesday for its decision to defend media ownership rules that critics argue allow for greater media consolidation.
The FCC filed a brief in the U.S. District Court of Appeals in Philadelphia defending the media ownership rules adopted in 2007 under Republican Chairman Kevin Martin. The FCC relaxed rules [...]
WASHINGTON — Today, the Federal Communications Commission filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit addressing broadcast media ownership rules. In the brief, the Commission’s majority, with Commissioner Michael J. Copps dissenting, supported former-Chairman Kevin Martin’s 2007 decision to relax the Newspaper Broadcast Cross-Ownership (NBCO) rule in the nation’s top [...]
‘Friends With Benefits,’ others poised to raise risque quotient
By Elizabeth Guider, Hollywood Reporter
There was a particularly unbridled episode of Fox’s “American Dad” in January in which Stan, well, gave “full release” to a racehorse. That shenanigan was duly hit with an FCC fine. But five years ago, it wouldn’t even have aired.
Fade whatever is left [...]
By Lora Bentley, IT Business Edge
Thursday was the last day to submit comments on the Federal Communication’s Commission’s proposed “third way” compromise for broadband regulation, an approach in which the agency suggests identifying “wired broadband Internet service as a telecommunications service,” but only applying the parts of Title II of the Communications Act that are necessary to [...]
WASHINGTON — Media Access Project (MAP) filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission today on behalf of the Media Action Grassroots Network (“MAG-Net”). MAP and MAG-Net urged the Commission to make access to broadband and mobile services more affordable for low-income individuals, while maintaining support for basic voice services subsidized via the Lifeline and Link-Up [...]
