L.A. Hearing Press
L.A. Gives Martin an EarfulRosa Maria Santana of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists gives the rundown on the L.A. hearing.
National Association of Hispanic Journalists - October 24, 2006
FCC Meeting in Los Angeles Shows Detrimental Effects of ConsolidationFree Press Executive Director, Josh Silver, talks to the Young Turks about the FCC, media ownership, and the Los Angeles hearings. (Video - 8:00)
Young Turks - October 6, 2006
Entertainers Give the FCC an EarfulCreative professionals from REM bassist Mike Mills to A-Team creator Stephen Cannell argued at an FCC hearing that mergers and buyouts have already created a homogenized media landscape in which independent voices have no way to reach consumers.
Motley Fool - October 6, 2006
Keep Media Diversity Alive for Only 4 BitsThe congealing of America's news, opinion and entertainment companies into grand corporate lumps was a bad idea, and allowing more of it piles bad upon bad. This, the FCC ought to know.
Seattle Times - October 6, 2006
"Updating" Media Ownership Rules — Is that Like Boiling a Frog?It's easy to boil a frog. Don't drop the frog in the boiling water -- he'll just climb out. Drop him in the pot and raise the temperature a little at a time. Before he knows it, he'll be dead. We have that with media consolidation.
Wet Machine - October 5, 2006
Media Consolidation Dangerous to Low Power Radio and AdvertisingDr. S. Huw Anwyl, Senior Minister of UCC, commented on the effect of consolidation on low power radio and radio advertising at the FCC hearing on media ownership in El Segundo, Calif.
United Church of Christ - October 5, 2006
Media Consolidation Panned at FCC HearingHomogenization is good for milk but bad for ideas, according to actors, directors and technical employees who urged the FCC to halt media consolidation.
Multichannel News - October 5, 2006
Mike Mills' FCC Open Hearing TestimonyMike Mills, bassist for the band R.E.M. and member of AFTRA and the Recording Artist Coalition, testified against further media consolidation at the FCC hearing in Los Angeles.
Murmers.com - October 5, 2006
FCC Starts Hearings on Media Ownership RulesThe concentration of media ownership by a few large corporations came under attack as the FCC opened a series of hearings on the issue.
America's Network - October 5, 2006
Too Big AlreadyBig Media is lobbying heavily for further consolidation, letting even fewer companies control more of the nation's information, and the FCC is all ears. Hundreds of L.A. residents packed a hearing to argue against relaxing current restrictions.
Los Angeles City Beat - October 5, 2006
Tribune Keeps Fighting TV, Newspaper Ownership BanTribune 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.
Reuters - October 4, 2006
Media Ownership Rules Under Attack at FCC L.A. HearingsThe much-anticipated FCC public hearings on media ownership rules were held in Los Angeles, with a wide mix of entertainment industry members speaking out against media consolidation. However, radio was not well-represented at the hearings.
FMBQ - October 4, 2006
Martin to 'Involve' Citizens in Crafting New Media Ownership RulesAt the first of six planned commission hearings to be held around the country on media ownership, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said, "The goal of these hearings is to more fully and directly involve the American people in the process."
Radio World - October 4, 2006
Consolidation in Media Is Called StiflingHollywood, not the stars but the everyday workers, along with consumer advocates and local politicians told federal regulators that the growing consolidation of major broadcast companies was stifling competition, creativity and diversity.
Los Angeles Times - October 4, 2006
Martin Hears Overwhelming Public Opposition to Big MediaThe first of two official FCC hearings held in L.A. gave the public and leaders of the city's creative, labor and civil rights community a chance to speak on how relaxing media ownership limits would adversely affect their lives and work.
StopBigMedia.com - October 4, 2006
FCC Goes HollywoodThe FCC hosted a pair of hearings in the Los Angeles area to hear opinions from members of the entertainment community, broadcasters, politicians, and citizens about media ownership rules.
Radio Ink - October 4, 2006
Fueling the BonfireAmericans have been preoccupied with the war and the economy. But the FCC hearings on media ownership gives the public a chance to regain democracy in media.
Ruminate This - October 4, 2006
Tribune Draws Flak at FCC Hearing over L.A. PropertiesRep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said she would campaign against a waiver for the Tribune Co. to own both newspapers and broadcast stations. "If that's not concentration, I don't know what is," she said to loud applause at an FCC hearing.
Chicago Business - October 4, 2006
Fight Brews over Media Ownership RulesComplaints about job cuts in newsrooms and less local programming on radio and broadcast television stations dominated the FCC hearing on media ownership in Los Angeles, as the audience clamored for more local ownership.
Wall Street Journal - October 4, 2006
A Call for More OwnersThe collective lesson of media deregulation has been that media consolidation equals less diversity when it comes to programming, said a panel of Hollywood's creative elite at an FCC hearing on media ownership in Los Angeles.
Hollywood Reporter - October 4, 2006
SAG, WGA Lodge Complaints at FCC HearingThe Screen Actors Guild complained to FCC commissioners attending media consolidation hearings in Los Angeles that "salary compression" by the networks has harmed mid-level actors' abilities to make a living.
Broadcasting & Cable - October 4, 2006
Cannell Kicks Off FCC HearingsVeteran TV programmer Steven J. Cannell said at an FCC hearing that since the FCC dropped rules that prevented networks from owning a financial interest in syndicated profits from shows on their networks, independent producers have been squeezed out.
Broadcasting & Cable - October 4, 2006
FCC Hears Public Criticism on Media Ownership RulesBefore a raucous standing-room only crowd, politicians, musicians, actors and writers told FCC commissioners that consolidating media ownership has stifled creativity and stringent controls against media consolidation need to be put in place.
MarketWatch - October 4, 2006
Adelstein, TV Community Speak Out at FCC HearingSpeaking during a public hearing on media consolidation, FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein drew frequent cheers by delivering a lengthy critique of media consolidation. Statements by members of the Hollywood community and politicians also drew cheers.
TV Week - October 4, 2006
FCC Takes Comments on Media OwnershipThe concentration of media ownership by a few large corporations came under attack as the FCC opened a series of hearings on the issue.
Associated Press - October 4, 2006
Hollywood Bashes Media ConsolidationEven with new avenues for distribution such as the Internet, too much media consolidation is hurting the diversity of news and entertainment, many representatives of those industries told the FCC in a public hearing on media ownership.
CNet - October 4, 2006
Media Ownership Hearings in Los AngelesMore than 100 people blamed media consolidation for increasing indecent programming, decreasing children's and educational shows, stifling political debate and shutting out minorities from access to the airwaves at an FCC hearing in Los Angeles.
Associated Press - October 4, 2006
Actors, Musicians Oppose Media ConsolidationHollywood actors, producers and musicians crowded into a FCC hearing to clamor for the retention of curbs on the growth and power of big media conglomerates. They criticized media mergers, saying they were drowning out independent voices.
Reuters - October 4, 2006
Media Critics Speak at Los Angeles FCC HearingsThe concentration of media ownership by a few large corporations came under attack as the FCC opened a series of hearings on the issue in Los Angeles.
CBS News - October 3, 2006
Jackson Asks FCC to Aid Media Ownership by MinoritiesCivil-rights leader Jesse Jackson called on the FCC to "open the doors" to minority media ownership. Free Press issued a report last week that found just over 3 percent of TV stations are owned by minorities.
Bloomberg News - October 3, 2006
FCC Chairman Martin Hears Overwhelming Public Opposition to Big MediaA standing-room only crowd of more than 500 Angelenos packed into USC's Davidson Conference Center today to speak out against media consolidation.
Huffington Post - October 3, 2006
L.A. Hearing Our First, Best Chance to Stop Big MediaThe FCC will test the public waters against its plan to loosen the last remaining curbs to media ownership. If recent public comments are an indication, those waters are still boiling hot since the last attempt to give the airwaves to Big Media.
StopBigMedia.com - October 3, 2006
Media Ownership Issues Return to SpotlightThe broadcast airwaves are owned by the public and the law requires that the public interest be considered in how they are regulated. So the FCC is mandated to hold public hearings on proposed media ownership changes, and will start in Los Angeles today.
Associated Press - October 3, 2006
FCC Is Set to Revisit Rules on OwnershipThe FCC is kicking off the newest installment of its controversial deliberations into loosening ownership restrictions on the broadcast industry within a media landscape that is very different than it was in 2003.
Los Angeles Times - October 3, 2006
Stop Big Media (Again!)Once again, media industry lobbyists and their allies on the FCC are working to revise the rules on media ownership to allow a single corporation to own most, if not all, of the media outlets in your town.
The Nation - October 2, 2006
Ownership Gets an Airing in L.A.The FCC is holding a hearing on media consolidation tomorrow in Los Angeles. Consumer groups will show how consolidation eliminates diverse and local voices and that the Internet is no match for separate sources for local news.
TV Week - October 2, 2006
Public Hearing on Media Ownership in Los Angeles on October 3The FCC has released new information about the Media Ownership hearings on Oct. 3 -- they now list the speakers who will be attending the two-part event.
Federal Communications Commission - September 29, 2006
Broad-based Coalition Mobilizes for FCC Hearings in Los AngelesOn Oct. 3 in Los Angeles, all five Federal Communications Commissioners will meet face-to-face with the public to discuss sweeping changes to the nation's media ownership rules.
CalPIRG - September 29, 2006
Hollywood to Voice Concerns about Media ConsolidationHollywood's creative community is mobilizing a show of force for Tuesday's FCC hearing in Los Angeles on media ownership rules, with top guild officers and other industry luminaries set to testify about the downsides of media consolidation.
Hollywood Reporter - September 29, 2006
FCC Hearings and Home Court Advantage?The media ownership hearings provide an opportunity for FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to show his commitment to real openness -- if he can resist the urge to use a "home court" advantage.
Wet Machine - September 29, 2006
The FCC ScandalMedia policy-making has been properly described for some time as "scandalous." Now the quotation marks can be removed; the scandal is official.
The Nation - September 29, 2006
Rep. Diane Watson to Deliver Opening Remarks at FCC Public Hearing on Media OwnershipRep. Diane E. Watson (D-Calif.) will deliver opening remarks at the FCC's first public hearing on media ownership.
Office of Rep. Diane Watson - September 28, 2006
Media Ownership Hearing Sparks Mobilization of AFTRA MembersMembers of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists are mobilizing to participate in the Oct. 3 FCC public hearing on media ownership regulations.
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists - September 28, 2006
FCC Finally Faces the Public in L.A.The Federal Communications Commission just announced that its first official public hearing on media ownership will be held in town at two locations -- the University of Southern California and El Segundo High School -- on October 3.
Huffington Post - September 28, 2006
Broad-based Coalition Mobilizes for FCC Hearings in Los AngelesA broad-based coalition of local and national groups is urging their members to attend the FCC hearings in Los Angeles on Oct. 3 and testify about the impacts of media consolidation. All five Commissioners are expected to attend.
Free Press - September 27, 2006
