On the good news front, after much litigation, the Federal Communications Commission finally released long-delayed Form 323 data, which tracks female and minority ownership of broadcast outlets.
| Broadcast Ownership Data Released On the good news front, after much litigation, the Federal Communications Commission finally released long-delayed Form 323 data, which tracks female and minority ownership of broadcast outlets. |
 | Petition to Deny Transfer of KUSF License Filed with the FCC Update 6-13-2011 - Friends of KUSF has filed a declaration with the Federal Licensing Agency, declaring that the University of San Francisco has illegally dismantled KUSF's studio prior to an FCC decision on the proposed license transfer to the Classical Public Radio Network LLC. |
| Minority Groups Say Civil Rights Getting Worse at the FCC by Gautham Nagesh, The Hill A coalition of minority advocacy groups, including the NAACP and Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition, wrote to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and lawmakers on Tuesday complaining about a lack of progress on civil rights issues. |
 | EFF Report on FBI Intelligence Violations Electronic Frontier Foundation researched and documented widespread violations in FBI intelligence investigations in the decade since 2001. |
| Countdown with Keith Olbermann Bites The Dust after Comcast/NBC Merger Only days after the Comcast/NBC merger went through, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, one of the few left-of-center voices in cable news, was suddenly canceled. |
| KUSF License Sold In a sudden move that took many by surprise, the University of San Francisco sold the broadcast license of KUSF as a new frequency for the nonprofit iteration of classical station KDFC. |
 | Comcast/NBC Merger Double-Approved by the Department of Justice and the FCC Update: On .Tuesday, both the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division and the FCC dropped their previous objections to the megamerger by approving it with the imposition of some conditions they said preserved market competition. Here is a report from DSLreports: |
 | Local Community Radio Act Passes the Senate On Saturday, December 18th, the Local Community Radio Act which opens up frequencies for 10-100 watt radio stations all over the country, passed the Senate and now awaits only the President's signature to become the law of the land. |
| The History and Future of Hyper-Local Radio by Christina Dunbar Hester, The Atlantic Monrthly Technology Blog Some day soon, Congress may pass the Local Community Radio Act, a piece of legislation that will allow a couple thousand new low-power FM radio stations to go on the air. |
 | Towards A Just Communications Structure: Pacifica Radio's Never Ending Battle by Tracy Rosenberg, Huffington Post I often hear, as a Pacifica Foundation board member that terrestrial radio in general and Pacifica radio in particular, is irrelevant. |
 | Fighting to Restore Public Access TV and Freedom of Speech in Los Angeles by Ron Kaye, Ron Kaye L.A. For 25 years, the people of Los Angeles could use 14 Time Warner Cable studios in all parts of the city to produce television shows on the public access channels to express their views, their values, their ideas. |
 | The War Between the NAB and the CEA: Mandatory FM by Nate Anderson, Ars Technica Nothing like a corporate shoving match. Such has broken out between the National Association of Broadcasters and the Consumer Electronics Assn on whether cell phones and PDAs should be outfitted with mandatory FM receivers. |
 | Looking for Journalism in all the Wrong Places by Tracy Rosenberg, The Huffington Post The news is full of the lack of news. Everywhere pundits, commentators, and academics mourn the death of the crusading journalism of the fourth estate. |
| The Public Spoke Back - May 21st Reportback by Tracy Rosenberg, Huffington Post The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) returned to Stanford's campus on May 21st for a workshop on media ownership regulation. |
| Comcast-NBC: The Newest Anti-Merger Lobbyist? Kevin Martin, Former FCC Chair by Cecilia Kang, voices.washingtonpost.com Kevin Martin, the former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, will be helping to fight against Comcast's proposed $30 billion merger with NBC Universal. |
| Comcast-NBC Deal: The Big Whammy by Frederic Paul, Information Week Blog There's many reasons why it isn't a good idea for Comcast Cable to buy NBC. Frederic Paul from Information Week points out just a few of them. |
| Low-Power Radio Passes The House of Representatives Update: Today H.R. 1147 passed the House of Representatives on a voice vote. |
| SF Public Access Producers Picket Soon-To-Be Closed Facility On December 1st at 4:00pm, community producers will gather at the former Access San Francisco facility at 1720 Market Street in San Francisco (now called SF Commons and slated for closure on December 20th) to ask San Francisco city government to protect access to the public channels. |
| Community Access Preservation Act Action Alert: Wisconsin Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin has introduced the Community Access Preservation Act to the House of Representatives to preserve and protect public access television channels nationwide. |
| Media Moguls Vow To Fight New Argentine Media Law Interpress Service (IPS) While civil society groups celebrated Argentina's new broadcasting law, media giants threatened to fight it with a wave of lawsuits, and opposition lawmakers pledged to revise it after the next Congress convenes in December. |