FCC Changes Broadcast-Newspaper Owner Ban
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to overturn a 32-year-old ban and allow broadcasters in the nation's 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper.
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The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a dramatic increase in fines for indecent programming, rejecting criticism the penalties will stifle free speech and homogenize radio and TV broadcasts.
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Committee votes to transfer airwaves to public safety groups but includes a provision that critics say could allow broadcasters to delay the move indefinitely. -The Washington Post
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WASHINGTON - The head of the Federal Communications Commission has circulated an ambitious plan to relax the decades old media ownership rules, including repealing a rule that generally forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city.
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In a Jan. 14 story, The Associated Press, relying on information from Comcast Corp., erroneously reported the company had received letters of inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission. The company received one letter, not multiple, regarding complaints that it actively interferes with its subscribers' Internet traffic.
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Next week, the FCC will likely change the rules on unbundled networks largely in ways favorable to the Regional bells.
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Albert Pujols, angry his name was incorrectly linked to the Mitchell Report on steroids last month, banned a St. Louis television station from participating in a news conference Monday.
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Blogs and the Web may hurt or change newspapers.
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Television broadcasters have launched a campaign to discourage the FCC from allowing portable wireless Internet services on "white space" frequencies.
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EL SEGUNDO, California  - Tribune Co. keeps battling U.S. regulations that prevent it from owning a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same market even as its largest shareholder has asked the company to split its divisions or find a buyer.
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DOES OUR NATION still have freedom of speech and freedom of the press? Not according to the San Mateo County Times. I thought reporters report the news, not create it! Your reporter, covering the Millbrae City Council meeting, wrote about something that simply did not happen.
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The Federal Communications Commission has made changes to its regulations that will allow power companies to provide broadband services over electric lines.
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The name of Court TV is getting disbarred.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday cleared the way for power companies to roll out broadband over power line service by approving a set of rules designed to limit interference to other radio frequency devices such as amateur radios.
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A ban on TV adverts for casinos, betting shops and online gambling will be scrapped under new rules.
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By Joseph Kahn New York Times News Service  BEIJING -- China imposed broad new restrictions Sunday on the distribution of foreign news in the country, beefing up state regulations on the news media.
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By The Associated Press  Changes to U.S. broadcasting services under a budget proposal from the Broadcasting Board of Governors.