Media Alliance was saddened by the resignation of Van Jones, the Chair of our Board of Directors in 1998, from his green jobs advisory position in the Obama administration. Now it looks like Mark Lloyd might be the next target.
| Mark Lloyd: The Next Progressive African-American Under Fire in DC Media Alliance was saddened by the resignation of Van Jones, the Chair of our Board of Directors in 1998, from his green jobs advisory position in the Obama administration. Now it looks like Mark Lloyd might be the next target. |
| Media Crisis and Grassroots Response by Jordan Flaherty, Left Turn Magazine The media landscape in the US is changing rapidly. As all forms of journalists face massive layoffs, analysts fear that journalism’s role as a counterforce against the powerful is in jeopardy. For progressives and radicals working in media, it’s time to not only question what format news will come in, but also how to approach our work so it is both accountable and sustainable. |
| DOJ Opens Review of Telecom Industry
by Amol Sharma, Wall Street Journal Online The Department of Justice has begun an initial review to determine whether large U.S. telecom companies such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. have abused the market power they've amassed in recent years, according to people familiar with the matter. |
| U-Verse Legal Challenge at the FCC The Alliance for Community Media, and the cities of Lansing and Dearborn in Michigan have filed suit against AT&T's U-verse system for the placement of many local public access stations on one channel with a pull-down menu. This effectively prevents channel surfers from ever encountering their local PEG. Comments are due at the FCC by March 5th. Anyone can file one! Proceeding# 09-13. |
 | BAVC Gets City of San Francisco Contract to Run Public Access Facility The Bay Area Video Coalition was awarded the contract to run the City of San Francisco's public access facility. While forward-thinking in some ways, the proposal also redefines public access as a little less public than it used to be. Read Media Alliance's comments on the award. |
| Raising Our Voices Rises Again! Media Alliance's Raising Our Voices Program is back for a third cycle. Entitled Raising Our Voices III: Immigrant Women Speak Out!, the program offers free media training workshops focused on immigration, poverty, gender, labor and social justice in the San Antonio neighborhood of Oakland. |
| Ross Mirkarimi Introduces Resolution to Reform PEG Funding Resolution Requesting San Francisco’s Congressional and State Legislative Delegations Reform Laws Governing use of Public, Education and Government Cable Access System Funds |
| Tiny San Jose Low-Power Station Battles KTVU http://www.boycottktvu.com KAXT-CA is a Low Power Television station on Channel 22 and has been broadcasting in San Jose since 1990. KAXT filed an application with the FCC in 2007 for a channel, and was waiting for FCC clearance at the time of the DTV transition. The Bay Area is at risk of losing several new television channels with Vietnamese, South Asian, Spanish, Filipino, African-American and other local programming due to a sudden Cox Communications grab for the channel. |
| The Day TV Goes Away: The Digital Television Transition (Op-Ed) On February 17, 2009, analog television signals will stop. |
| 4 Bay Area Stations to Shut Off Analog Signals Early
Four Bay Area Television Stations, including KOFY and KICU to Shut Off Analog Signals on February 17th, 2009 |
| Media and Democracy Coalition Poll Confirms the Public is Opposed to Further Media Consolidation The Media and Democracy Coalition (MA is a Steering Committee member) commissioned this survey to explore how Americans view the news and media ownership. |
| Tribune Files for Bankruptcy The Tribune Company filed for bankruptcy protection in a federal court in Delaware on Monday, as the owner of The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Cubs baseball team struggled to cope with rising debt and falling ad revenue. |
| Local TV Stations Call for Fair Access for Community, Minority Voices on Cable More than 150 class A and low-power TV stations petition the FCC to allow station upgrades that will provide spectrum permanence and access to cable |
| Limbaugh "Dreaming" of Riots in Denver DENVER -- Talk show host Rush Limbaugh is sparking controversy again after he made comments that appear to call for riots in Denver during the Democratic National Convention this summer. |
| FCC Got an Earful on April 17th at Stanford Thanks to Media Alliance members and our SavetheInternet allies, the FCC hearing at Stanford on April 17th was a stirring call for a free and open Internet, a strong condemnation of random telecom interference with data traveling over their networks, and a clear statement on media in the public interest. |
| Media Alliance and UCC Delay Tribune Lawsuit The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decided to put off hearing Tribune's challenge of the FCC's decision to grant it waivers to complete the deal to sell the company to investor Sam Zell due to a lawsuit filed by Media Alliance and the United Church of Christ Media Justice Campaign. |
| Video from the Southern California Media Justice Summit Media Alliance was a sponsor and presented a workshop on net neutrality and digital inclusion at this 3/29 Pasadena conference put on by Common Cause. Joanna Lew put together this video clip of the day's events. |
 | FCC Nominees: Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Varadaraj Paz President Obama has formally nominated Sen. Jay Rockefeller advisor Jessica Rosenworcel to the "Democratic seat" on the FCC and Ajit Pai, a long-time FCC staffer to the "Republican seat". |
| Media News - December 3, 2009 Host: Al Kielwasser Guest: Tracy Rosenberg, Media Alliance Subject: Media Alliance and the Changing Nature of Media Advocacy |
| Media News - December 17, 2009 Host: Tracy Rosenberg Guest: Kwan Booth Subject: Citizen Journalism Producer" Lars Aaberg |