FCC Hearing
FCC Hearings happened here in Seattle Friday–and wow, what a turnout! Over 800 people showed up, packing the hall, staying till after midnight to near uniformly testify against FCC plans to lift the media cross ownership ban. FCC Councilman Michael Copps rocked the house, bemoaning the lack of hearing notice and hip checking FCC Chairman...
Critics Turn Out to Protest Media Consolidation
From Washington Post, via Free Press By Frank Ahrens Even though the media landscape has changed radically since the last time the Federal Communications Commission tried to alter its media-ownership rules, a hearing at the FCC yesterday showed that the debate remains as heated as ever. A range of social, political and consumer groups that...
FCC to announce final media ownership hearing in Seattle
Source: reclaimthemedia.org FCC Chairman Kevin Martin plans to hold the last of six official public hearings on media ownership rules in Seattle, before rushing the agency’s 18-month long consideration of the rules to a fast-tracked conclusion by mid-December. The hearing will be the only chance for Northwest residents to weigh in on proposals that would...
