Tag Archives: Media

Brad Stone thinks he knows why The League film sucks: One of the film’s problems, and the comic book’s strengths, is enormously relevant in an age of rampant online file-sharing and courtroom wars over extension of the copyright term. In the comic book, Moore shows the benefit of having a …

Several FCC commissioners, including Chairman Powell, figure the private sector looks pretty good about now: In the Senate last week, seven Republicans joined 28 Democrats to schedule a rare “resolution of disapproval” to overturn new FCC rules that would let companies like News Corp. and Viacom expand their media holdings …

Copyright has to be radically changed to reflect the realities of the brave new digital world. You may not like it, but the only way to compensate creators, to give the average creator the incentive to continue to create, is some form of copyright tax, as I have mentioned many …

National Association of Broadcasters, NPR, others dead wrong: Results have been released from a long anticipated engineering study ordered by Congress — a study designed to determine whether small community radio stations could cause interference to the signals of full power broadcasters. The study, conducted by an independent testing company …

Joining the Senate in an effort to modify the FCC actions of June 2 easing media ownership rules, the House Appropriations Committee voted to block the ruling regarding concentration of the nation’s commercial television markets: The panel’s action applied to a key part of a landmark June 2 FCC decision …

I was unaware of the this syndicated PRI show, Echoes, which appears to be tres cool. We do not get it in Northeast Ohio: ECHOES A Nightly Music Soundscape Over 150 Radio Stations FEATURES AND HIGHLIGHTS **UPDATE** for July 2003 Following is a listing of Echoes features and Living Room …

Madonna to do ads for Gap: Madonna will be the new face for Gap’s fall multimillion dollar ad campaign. Gap spokeswoman Claudia Hawkins would give few details on the campaign, set to break July 28, other than to say the campaign also features rap star Missy Elliott. Over the past …

Fascinating Barlowian look at the future of mass media by Jack Rooney: This report outlines the relationship between the major media producers and independent artists and considers the problem media consolidation has on the current economic state of the entertainment and media industry in the United States. The report finds …

Silver lining on FCC rule change – Clear Channel kicked in the jimmies in San Diego: Radio giant Clear Channel Communications Inc. will have to bid adios to much of its clout along California’s southern border. Under provisions in the fine print of last week’s federal order establishing new media …

Last week, the one-woman zeitgeist that is Oprah reran her Favorite Things for Spring episode, and along with a bunch of stupid girl stuff, she picked an iPod. At least she’s a little bit funkier than Martha. Has her magic wand contributed to Apple’s recent success and high visibility?