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FCC Starts Reviewing Prison Phone Costs
Update 12/28: The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Prison Phone Kickbacks has been issued by the Federal Communications Commission

Clear Channel Voter Fraud Billboards Coming Down
by Lauren Fox, US News and World Report
Bain Capital-owned Clear Channel Communications is removing anonymous billboards about voter fraud placed in low-income neighborhoods throughout swing states Ohio and Wisconsin

The Mergers Don't Quit: T-Mobile Announces Plan to Buy Metro PCS
by Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post Tech
On October 3rd, T-Mobile, the nation's 4th largest mobile phone service provider, announced plans to acquire Metro PCS, a smaller provider that also targets the lower income mobile phone user.

Torching California's Broadband Future: Susan Crawford
by Susan Crawford, Wired Magazine
Susan Crawford of Harvard's Kennedy School breaks down the disaster of SB 1161 in Wired Magazine, which can only be stopped by a veto by Governor Jerry Brown.

Former CNN Reporter Amber Lyon Quits Saying She Was Forced to Lie
by Alex Jones, Infowars
Interview with Lyon, a 3-time Emmy winner who says she inserted Bahrani government propaganda into her CNN stories. She quit.

SB 1161 - Phone Deregulation Threatens Affordability, Reliability and Safety in CA
Update 9/29. Sadly, Governor Brown signed SB 1161 into law on Friday September 28th despite the spirited opposition of almost every public interest advocacy group in California.

Jose Luis Sin Censura: CANCELED!
Two major media watchdog groups have joined to file a complaint of failure to enforce broadcast decency standards for an LA-produced Spanish language talk show with a heavy dose of homophobia, nudity and slurs.

Filmmaker Ava Duvernay on Prison Phone Kickbacks on CNN
CNN
Middle of Nowhere filmmaker Ava Duvernay on CNN discussing predatory jail telephone kickbacks.

When Is A Phone Call Not a Phone Call? (When ALEC Says So)
by Tracy Rosenberg, Huffington Post
Huffington Post column on the threat posed by IP deregulation and SB 1161

MA and National Lawyers Guild CDC File Comments Opposing Wireless Shutdowns
Media Alliance and the National Lawyers Guild CDC (joined by 10 other organizations including Color of Change, Sugar Law Center, The East Bay Social Forum, Alameda Green Party and NHMC), filed comments on April 30th opposing wireless shutdowns.

Oaksterdam University Raided by the Feds
Since MA's office is right across the street, it was hard to miss the massive federal raid on Oaksterdam a week ago.

LA Clearchannel Hosts Suspended After Advertiser Boycott
Update 3/22/12 Los Angeles City Council passes a resolution denouncing hate speech and calling for more diversity on Los Angeles broadcast stations, and commends council member Jan Perry for penning the motion. The resolution passed with overwhelming support by a 13-2 margin.

CA Disclose Act
While the goal needs to be to get money OUT of politics, in the meantime we have the Disclose Act, which will at least tell us who pays for what.

Occupy UStream Team Corralled by NYC Building Inspectors
Global Revolution
On January 3rd, 6 members of the Global Revolution streaming team in New York's Occupy protests were arrested for residing in a commercially zoned building.

AT&T Drops Attempt to Buy T-Mobile. Merger Dead.
by Media Action Grassroots Network, Pitchengine
Update 12/19 AT&T has withdrawn the planned merger with T-Mobile USA. The merger that would have turned the cell phone market into a duopoly has died.

Sandoval and Florio Confirmed to CA-PUC
The CA State Senate unanimously confirmed the appointments of consumer advocates Sandoval and Florio to California's Public Utilities Commission.

Deceptive Digital Marketing Claim Filed Against Pepsi
Consumer groups filed a complaints against Pepsi for online marketing to teens that included immersive games and intrusive social media.

200+ Protest at Fox Shareholders Meeting in LA
Change to Win, CWA, Media Alliance, Media Action Center, Free Press. Avaaz, Occupy LA and others joined to welcome Rupert Murdoch to Los Angeles on October 21st.

Live From Occupy Wall Street
Update 11/23 - November has been marked by a series of confrontations over city center encampments all over the country from the Bay's Davis, Berkeley and Oakland to Portland, Atlanta, Chicago and Zucotti Park. The month has also featured an action at the San Francisco Bank of America, a trek from OWS-New York to Occupy DC and many other actions.

AT&T / T- Mobile Merger: Dept of Justice Files To Block Merger
Update: Merger Flails Around After DOJ Files Suit

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Hold Big Media Accountable

	Statewide PUC Hearings on Wireless Lifeline
	No Such Thing as an Obamaphone: Keeping Universal Service Real
	County Allows Outrageous Charges for Inmate Phone Calls
	FCC Starts Reviewing Prison Phone Costs
	Clear Channel Voter Fraud Billboards Coming Down
	The Mergers Don't Quit: T-Mobile Announces Plan to Buy Metro PCS
	Torching California's Broadband Future: Susan Crawford
	Former CNN Reporter Amber Lyon Quits Saying She Was Forced to Lie
	SB 1161 - Phone Deregulation Threatens Affordability, Reliability and Safety in CA
	Jose Luis Sin Censura: CANCELED!

6/18: Spokesperson Training

7/20: MA Certification - Proofreading

	KFOG radio – Then and Now
	Sharp Critique of Wheeler Appt by Former FCC Commissioner
	Keeping It Real: An LPFM Pioneer
	A Light Moment: Unfairness is Universal
	Media Literacy: Girls,Video Games and the Damsel in Distress

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