By Brian Stelter, The New York Times

Progressive activists and public interest groups have long blasted Rupert Murdoch and his News Corporation for political biases. But in recent weeks they have seized on a new and more tangible reason to call for the revocation of his TV licenses and the breakup of his [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 27, 2011
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Andrew Jay Schwartzman
202-454-5681
andys@mediaaccess.org
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court of the United States today invalidated a California statute that prohibits the sale or rental of violent video games to minors, in a case entitled Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association.
Media Access Project (MAP) filed an amici curiae brief in the case on behalf [...]

By John Eggerton — Multichannel News
As promised, Bloomberg has officially asked the FCC to require Comcast to move Bloomberg Television into “existing news neighborhoods” on its systems, saying that not to do so violates a condition in the FCC’s order approving the NBCU deal.
In a complaint filed early Monday, Bloomberg said [...]

For Immediate Release
June 9, 2011
Contact:
Andrew Jay Schwartzman
202-454-5681
andys@mediaaccess.org
WASHINGTON –   The FCC’s long-awaited staff report on the future of media “appears to contain a sound diagnosis but falls short on recommendations for treatment,” according to Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Senior Vice President and Policy Director [...]

Panel Seemed To Have Trouble With Decision From Both Ends
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News
Broadcasters may be looking for regulatory clarity on media ownership rules, but if one attorney and a second observer in the courtroom were any indication, it has yet to get any signals of judicial certainty.
The three-judge panel hearing oral [...]

February 23, 2011
Contact: Kamilla Kovacs
202.454.5685
press@mediaaccess.org
What: Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Senior Vice President and Policy Director of Media Access Project, will present oral argument at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in the case entitled Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC, addressing the Federal Communications Commission’s media ownership rules.
When: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 10:00 a.m.
Where: [...]

As the illusion of a free internet slips even further away with the FCC’s watered down Net Neutrality ruling, is radio poised to give voice to American political and economic anger?
By DJ Pangburn, Death + Taxes Magazine
The  Local Community Radio Act was signed into law by President Obama this past Wednesday.
The act had its origins [...]

By Josh Smith, National Journal
The Senate approved legislation Saturday that will expand the number of low-power radio stations, a day after the bill passed the House.
The Local Community Radio Act will allow the Federal Communications Commission to issue more licenses to low-power FM radio stations, which established broadcasters feared might interfere with their radio signals.
After [...]

WASHINGTON – This afternoon, the U.S. Senate adopted by unanimous consent S. 592, the Local Community Radio Act. The bill will allow the Federal Communications Commission to authorize as many as thousands of new Low Power FM (LPFM) stations, thus making way for noncommercial, community-based radio in cities, towns, and rural areas throughout the United [...]

By Mike Zapler, San Jose Mercury News
WASHINGTON — Comcast is by far the biggest pay-TV provider in the Bay Area. It controls TV rights to Giants, A’s, Sharks and Warriors games. Many of its customers also sign up for high-speed Internet service. And the company, if it has its way, is about to get a [...]