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 | People of the State of California Vs. Arbitron Settles
The nation's dominant provider of radio audience metrics has agreed to settle a consumer protection lawsuit jointly pursued by the State of California and the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco over a listenership measurement scheme said to discriminate against radio stations with predominantly African American and Hispanic audiences. |
 | Occupy the Media - Free Speech TV
5:00 on Wednesdays (or whenever you feel like it on your computer), Free Speech TV brings the occupy movement to the occupy the media movement. Watch the latest episodes! |
 | Only Vigilantes Tell The Truth
by Arthur Brisbane, NY Times
Just to totally blow one's mind: the NY Times public editor came up with a column called "Should the NY Times be a Truth Vigilante? |
 | Microsoft's So-Called Avoid Ghetto App
by Jamilah King, Colorlines Magazine
Microsoft has recently been at the center of a whirlwind of controversy over a new app that critics allege is downright racist. On January 3, the company was granted a patent for technology related to its “Pedestrian Route Production” application, a tool that that the company says would navigate the user “safely through neighborhoods with violent crime statistics below a certain threshold.” |
 | Test Drive a Widget?
by Tracy Rosenberg
Those of you wish to enter into a helping relationship with the FCC are encouraged to test drive their widgets as they roll out a new website. |
 | Million Moms Gay Marriage Boycott Fails
Towle Road
The issue was the target of a boycott threat aimed at Toys R Us by the American Family Association's One Million Moms project, which threatened that its members would stop shopping there unless the store removed the issue from its shelves. |
 | The Public Access Crisis
by Eric Arnold, Alternet
Public-access television has always had a low-budget, amateur reputation. Yet Rod Laughridge's alternative news program "Newsroom on Access SF" was anything but that. Though San Francisco's public-access station had its share of offbeat shows —- like the risqué DeeDeeTV, hosted by self-described "pop culture diva" Dee Dee Russell — "Newsroom" took itself seriously. Its mission, as described on its website, was to "bring community-based, community reported and produced independent news and interviews from a grassroots viewpoint — unhindered, uncensored and unaltered."
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