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WDAV-FM To Independently Syndicate Simeone Opera Program
by Brett ZongkerThe Huffington Post
In another moment of disconnect between community media and the public media machine, WDAV announced they would begin independently syndicating "World of Opera" with host Lisa Simeone.

U-Verse and Community Television: An Explanatory Video
This video from keepusconnected.org explains and clearly demonstrates AT&T's failure to deliver basic functionality for public, educational and government (PEG) access channels on its U-Verse system. A petition challenging the discriminatory treatment is pending at the FCC.

Stories From Minnesota: Prison Phones
by Tracy RosenbergMain Street Project
This podcast is a compilation of stories on phones and prisons culled from the Main Street Project (partners in the Media Justice Grassroots Network) at a Phone Justice Policy Day event in Minneapolis.

KPFA Battles Dying Down
by Tracy Rosenberg
2010 strife at listener-sponsored KPFA Radio in Berkeley is dying down after the National Labor Relations Board dismissed 3 complaints and former host Aimee Allison lost an arbitration hearing on the voluntary and involuntary layoffs last fall. KPFA has improved it's financial position by over $350,000, reduced it's operating deficit by 85% and has increased listener support donations by 3.5% since October of 2010.

The Panel AT&T Tried to Kill
by Tracy Rosenberg
July 2nd, 2011
AT&T complained that a panel of independent academics in the PUC's merger impact hearing threatened to "taint" the proceeding with their uninformed opinions.

Rollin Post: R.I.P.
http://www.rollinpost.com
Political reporter Rollin Post, whose career spanned both mainstream and public broadcasting, passed on October 3rd at the age of 82.

Steve Jobs Dies at 56
by Tracy RosenbergMedia Alliance
Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs passes at 56 of pancreatic cancer, leaving a legacy of digital innovation and a rapidly-changing information society.

Justice for Oscar Grant: Mehserle Release
This video records the opening moments of the Fruitvale march that marked the release of Oscar Grant's killer Johannes Mehserle from prison.

Astroturf Up Close and Personal: The AT&T Merger at the CPUC
by Tracy RosenbergOakland Local
*Note - Two weeks later on June 9th, the public did attend the next meeting and the PUC voted 3-2 to proceed with an extensive investigation of the impacts of the merger of Californians.

Bay Citizen Unionizes Editorial Staff
by Tracy Rosenberg/PMWGMedia Workers Guild
Hyperlocal online news startup, Bay Citizen, will have a 14-person bargaining unit for editorial workers with the Pacific Media Workers Guild after the union won a card check election 7-5-2.

Beware of False Promises
by Tracy Rosenberg
This is not the first time the sun, moon and stars have been promised in return for AT&T receiving favorable results from state and federal government.

Grrll Power
by Tracy RosenbergReel Girls and Media Literacy Project
Two new videos: 1 from Reel Grrls in Seattle on this year's Academy Awards spectacle and another from Albuquerque's Media Literacy Project on overpriced vocational schools that exploit young job seekers.

Fukushima: Where Do We Go From Here?
by Tracy RosenbergPacifica Foundation
As the situation in Japan goes from bad to worse, Pacifica Radio provided a comprehensive look at our energy future in the wake of Fukushima. Listen to the 5-station collaborative coverage from the community radio network.

The Bill Comes Due: Telecom Lobbying
by Action Coalition on Media EducationAction Coalition on Media Education
You often get what you pay for. At&T, Verizon and Comcast certainly did. Take a look at these lobbying expenses totals.

Unreported News: Wells Fargo Shareholders Meeting Disrupted on May 3rd
by Jonathan NackBay Area Independent Media Center
MA member Jonathan Nack recorded this video of the foreclosure protest that disrupted the annual Wells Fargo Shareholders Meeting for over an hour earlier this month.

Brand-new Community Radio Station in Vallejo Draws Racist Graffiti
by Sarah RohrsVallejo Times Herald
The founder of Vallejo Ozcat, the community-based FM radio station, made a disturbing discovery Saturday morning -- racist epithets scrawled on his son's vehicle and the business' mailbox and doorway.

The Broadband You Deserve
by Frank PovahThe Daily Yonder
Reprinted from The Daily Yonder: I live in the country, but not THAT much in the country. I'm 20 minutes from the state capitol of Kentucky and I can't get a decent broadband connection.

The Meta-Report: Media Piracy
by Joe KaraganisSocial Science Research Council
In an uncharacteristic bit of theater, the Social Science Research Council has released a new report on Media Piracy in Emerging Economies with a Consumers Dilemma. Come from a higher-income country? No free report for you!

Mapping Our Future: Drawing Lines that Matter
by The Greenlining Institutehttp://www.greenlining.org
The Greenlining Institute presents Mapping Our Future: Drawing Lines that Matter! a 5 minute video about California Redistricting in 2011 and what is at stake for communities of color.

College Radio: You Will Be Assimilated
by Tracy RosenbergThe Huffington Post
Like the B-52's? Metallica? The White Stripes? You might have never heard of them if not for KUSF, the venerable San Francisco college radio station that first played their music.

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