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 Glenn Beck: Stop the Insanity That Fox News Channel lets pundits like Glenn Beck use its media megaphone to stir up hatred and fear of others is beyond all common sense or decency. But Fox News is not alone. Unfortunately, this kind of rant is endemic to a media system that cares about ratings far more than about the truth. Josh Silver, Huffington Post Six New Companies Pledge Not to Run Additional Ads on the Glenn Beck Show Six new companies whose ads aired recently during Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck program have pledged to not to run ads on the show going forward. The additions bring the number of companies boycotting Glenn Beck to 62. ColorofChange.org Denver to Debate the Future of News SaveTheNews.org, Free Press and IWantMyRocky.com will be hosting a policy roundtable and community forum on Sept. 16 in Denver to bring together concerned citizens, journalists, lawmakers and community leaders to discuss the future of news. Free Press Journalist Shield Law Gains Steam in Senate A long-debated federal "shield" law to protect journalists who refuse to reveal their confidential sources is poised to move a little closer to passag. The Senate Judiciary Committee plans a mark-up session with the shield law at the top of the agenda. Jennifer Harper, Washington Times President Obama Memorializes Cronkite, Challenges Journalists In memorializing Walter Cronkite, President Barack Obama said; "If we realize that the kind of journalism he embodied will not simply rekindle itself, but will come alive only if we stand up and demand it, then I'm convinced that the golden days of journalism still lie ahead." The White House  Most Americans Believe Uninterrupted Broadband Access Should Be Available Like Other Utilities According to a recent survey, nearly 70 percent of all respondents believe uninterrupted broadband access should be as readily available as other utilities like electricity and water. This sentiment spreads almost evenly across all ages, race, income brackets and geographic lines. Jill Greenwood, Reuters Should Broadband Stimulus Requirements Be Loosened? Many saw the absence of large telecom companies broadband stimulus applications int he first round of funding as a sign that the broadband stimulus strategy had failed, but then roughly $28 billion in applications were submitted. With volume like that, is it even necessary for large telecom companies to participate in the broadband stimulus? Andy Opsahl, Government Technology In Africa, a Pigeon Transfers Data Faster Than the Internet A South African information technology company proved it was faster for them to transmit data with a carrier pigeon than to send it using Telkom, the country's leading internet service provider. John C. Abell, Wired EU Citizens Urged to Campaign for Net Neutrality European citizens rights groups are urging the public to campaign for Net Neutrality, warning that impending EU legislation could restrict individuals' online access. Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk  Broadband Plan Focus of FCC Public Meeting The FCC has announced its agenda for the Sept. 29 public meeting and it reflects the current top priority of the commission: the national broadband plan. The meeting will consist of a single item, a staff report on the status of the plan. John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Is the FCC Drawing a New Regulatory Map? On the surface, there isn't much to suggest that this newly Democratic-led FCC will make any radical regulatory changes in the wireless industry. There is a loud camp cheering for new FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to take a more heavy-handed approach in wireless affairs, but popular opinion inside the Beltway paints a different picture. Matt Kapko, RCR Wireless Did Family Guy Cause 179,997 FCC Indecency Complaints? Whose fault is it that the FCC received 179,997 indecency complaints in March? Did TV really get that much more indecent in March? No worries. There's a plausible instigator -- a Parents Television Council viewer action alert crusaded against a March 8 episode of Family Guy. Matthew Lasar, Ars Technica FCC: Radio, TV on School Buses Should Be Decided at Local Level The FCC has concluded that the decision on whether radio and TV programs on school buses are in the public interest are best decided at the local level "where individual school districts in close partnership with parents and other stakeholders can weigh the particular benefits and potential harms of the service in their communities." John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable |  The Media's Role in Demonizing Muslim Men and Women With the media constantly spewing out images of oppressed Muslim women and angry Muslim men, the world looks on with both fascination and disgust. The Muslim gender dynamic -- supposedly a singular, unchanging construct -- has become a spectacle for everyone to gawk at, to comment on, and ultimately, to use to ridicule the larger Muslim community. StopBigMedia.com Comcast Could Tie Up More Cable Nationwide A federal appeals court ruled on Aug. 28 in favor of Comcast's and the cable industry's request for the elimination of ownership limits. No longer is any one company restricted to reaching 30 percent of TV subscribers. Comcast and other cable companies will probably consider more consolidation. Wall Street Journal Hulu Looking to Partner with Cable Companies, Act As Portal to Premium Content Hulu CEO Jason Kilar has suggested that the company is looking to act as a portal for cable company's content. The proposed system would be one where cable subscribers would receive a special password. This password could then be used in Hulu's premium section. Techgeist Time Warner to Launch Wireless Broadband in Hawaii Early Next Year Time Warner Cable has chosen Hawaii as one of markets where it will launch its "4G Mobile" network early next year that will allow customers to receive wireless high-speed data service. The new service would compete with Clearwire and other wireless data services. Honolulu Advertiser Carriers to Facebook Mobile: Get on a Data Diet Facebook Mobile users are twice as active on the social network than web-only users and account for about a quarter of its entire user base. As a result, carriers have been asking Facebook to trim down the amount of data contained in its mobile web versions. GigaOM YouTube's Bandwidth Bill Estimated at $300 Million for 2009 YouTube, the Internet's most popular video site, will spend approximately $300 million on bandwidth in 2009 -- meaning it won't be profitable for the year. Multichannel News Listening to Radio on the Web? That's So Last Year The next generation of radio listeners might not remember the olden days of scrolling through stations by turning a knob on a car or home stereo. Instead, the radio they listen to could very well be on their mobile phones. New York Times   International Labor Communications Association Convention Sep 10-Sep 12: Pittsburgh, PA Public Radio Programming Conference Sep 15-Sep 18: Cleveland, OH Saving the News: Denver and the Future of Journalism Sep 16: Denver, CO One Web Day Sep 22: Worldwide Beyond Broadband Access: Data Based Information Policy for a New Administration Sep 22-Sep 24: Washington, D.C. National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors 2009 Annual Conference Sep 30-Oct 2: New Orleans, LA The Everett C. Parker Ethics in Telecommunications Lecture Sep 30: New York, NY Future of Music Policy Summit Oct 4-Oct 6: Washington, D.C. |
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