Update 12/28: The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Prison Phone Kickbacks has been issued by the Federal Communications Commission
| 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 |
_2.jpg) | 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 |