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FROM: http://www.democracynow.org/FCC2.shtml
Despite fierce opposition,
the Federal Communications Commission voted on June 2, 2003 by a 3-2
vote, to relax or eliminate decades-old rules governing media consolidation.
The changes will unleash
a major new wave of consolidation among newspaper, television and radio
companies.
The three decade old
ban on a newspaper buying a television or radio station in the same
city is largely gone. The commission
also has allowed broadcast networks to buy more stations at the local
and national levels.
On Wednesday May 21 in
Atlanta, two dissident members of the Federal Communications Commission
hosted the final public hearing on the upcoming FCC rule changes on
media ownership. Democracy Now! broadcasted the hearing live online
and has archived the entire hearing on this page.
Listen to hearing: [low-bandwidth]
http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/demnow/demand/FCC2003-0521.rm&proto=rtsp&start=22:10.5
or [high-bandwidth] http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/
demnow/demand/FCC2003-0521a.rm&proto=rtsp&start=22:10.5.
Dissident FCC Commissioners
Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps both spoke at the event, "Media
and Democracy Hearing: Where Are We and What's Next."
Other speakers included
legal media expert Christopher Yoo of theVanderbilt University Law School;
Amy Goodman, host of "Democracy Now!"; John Sugg, Senior Editor
of Creative Loafing; Jabari Simama, Director of the City of Atlanta's
Office of Community Technology; and Loretta Ross, Director of the National
Center for Human Rights Education. The panelists discussed the impact
of media ownership rules on diversity in programming, viability of independent
production, the variety of editorial, cultural and ethnic voices and
barriers to industry entry. Public comment followed the panelists presentation.
Archived Democracy Now!
coverage:
June 20, 2003: Senate
Commerce Committee Votes to Prevent Nation's Largest Media Conglomerates
from Growing Even Larger http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/20/1418203
The Senate has begun
to reverse the FCC's vote to relax media concentration rules, but the
legislation faces an uphill battle in the House.
June 18, 2003:
Senate Commerce Committee
Decides Tomorrow Whether to Roll Back FCC Decisions Allowing Massive
Media Consolidation
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/1423256
A bipartisan group of
U.S. senators plan to push the legislation that would bar a company
from owning a television station, a newspaper and radio outlets in a
single market.
June 3, 2003:
Over the Chants of Protesters
The FCC Votes to Unleash
the Largest Wave of Media Consolidation in U.S. History
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/03/1723255
The three-decade
old ban on a newspaper buying a television or radio station in the same
city is largely gone. Broadcast networks are also allowed
to buy more stations at the local and national levels.
June 3, 2003: Did Viacom-Sponsored
Trips Affect FCC Media Bureau Chief Kenneth Ferree's Support of Media
Consolidation? He Says No.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/03/1740258
The rule changes are
seen as a major victory for media giants, including CBS parent Viacom,
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Tribune Co.
June 2, 2003:
Democracy Now! Goes Live
to the FCC Vote on Rules Governing Media Consolidation
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/1855258
FCC members prepare the
way for the largest wave of media consolidation in U.S. history.
June 2, 2003: "The
Whole Thing Reeks of Conflict of Interest. To Begin the Catalog of Corruption
Here, You Would Have to do a 24-Hour Marathon."
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/191259
Robert McChesney, author
of eight books on media and politics, discusses the inner-workings of
the FCC and the importance of media diversity.
June 2, 2003:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/191259
Diverse Organizations
from Around the Country Testify Against Media Consolidation
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/1910217
From the United Church
of Christ to the National Association of Black Journalists to Children
Now, organizations around the country speak out.
May 29, 2003:
"No More Clear Channel!
Stop the FCC Media Giveaway" - Despite a National Call for a Delay,
the FCC is Poised to Vote on Media Consolidation Rules on June 2nd
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1815204
Protests across the country
today against Clear Channel, the symbol of media consolidation.
May 29, 2003:
Diverse Organizations
from Around the Country Testify Against Media Consolidation
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1825247
"Big media conglomerates
get even bigger…that will spell more sensationalism,
more crassness, homogenization and even less serious news coverage than
we have today. You call this the McDonaldization of American
media."
May 23, 2003:
Children's Programming
is at Risk from a Concentration of Ownership in the Media
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1650248
As the FCC is poised
to unleash the largest wave of media consolidation, a new study has
found that concentration of media ownership leads to a dramatic decrease
in children's programming.
May 22, 2003:
Telecommunications Industry
Has Lavished FCC Commissioners with Millions of Dollars in Travel Gifts:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/22/1549251
The revelations come
as the FCC is about adopt new media consolidation rules favorable to
industry giants.
May 22, 2003: FCC Commissioner
Michael Copps Speaks at the Final Public Hearing Before FCC Overhauls
Decades-Old Rules Governing Media Consolidation
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/22/1555218
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 21, 2003: "Rupert
Murdoch's Digital Death Star"
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/1716202
As the FCC prepares to
unleash the largest wave of media consolidation in U.S. history, Rupert
Murdoch's News Corp is already moving in on satellite TV giant DirecTV.
May 20, 2003: Will Changes
in the Nation's Media Ownership Rules Mark "the Beginning of the
End of Our Democracy"?
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/20/1559252
A debate between the
publisher of the Seattle Times and a Vice President at the Tribune Co.
which owns 15 newspapers including the Los Angeles Times and Newsday
as well as over 25 television stations.
May 19, 2003: The U.S.A.
Faces Wave of Media Mergers and Unprecedented Consolidation if FCC Relaxes
Media Ownership Rules:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/
1551236&mode=thread&tid=11
A discussion with Juan
Gonzalez, co-host, Democracy Now! and president of the National Association
of Hispanic Journalists and Seeta Pena Gangadharan, co-founder of the
Center for International Media Action.
May 19, 2003: Dissident
FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein Speaks Out Against Media Ownership
Deregulation
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/
1554256&mode=thread&tid=11
January 17, 2003: Should
the FCC Scrap All Remaining Media Ownership Rules?
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/07/
0317202&mode=thread&tid=11
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 Assoc. of Hispanic Journalists
and the Center for Public Integrity
January 16, 2003: Democracy
Now! Goes Live to the FCC Hearings in New York:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/07/
0316255&mode=thread&tid=11
We hear from FCC Chair
Michael Powell, Dissident FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, AFTRA President
John Connolly, Micro-Broadcasting Pioneer Pete Tridish and Media Critic
Mark Crispin Miller.
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