AT&T Deal to Buy DirecTV Rocks Telecom, Media Universe
Performance Marketing
The AT&T deal to buy DirecTV is officially only a couple hours old, but it's already shaking up the telecom and media industry and causing consumer groups to fret.
Study: Cross-Ownership of Media Doesn’t Impact Minorities
One of the biggest arguments against liberalizing the cross-ownership of media properties in a local market—that it would limit minority and female ownership—was shot down in a study conducted as [...]
Another Delay in FCC Media Ownership Rules Proceeding
Here's a shocker: The Federal Communications Commission's proceeding on media ownership rules is now officially on hold pending an impact study on how cross-ownership affects minority ownership. It could be [...]
Genachowski Hits the Pause Button
Performance Marketing
More than two months after Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski circulated an order proposing to lift the ban on owning a newspaper and radio station in a market, the [...]
Senate Dems Blast FCC Draft to Relax Media Ownership Rules
Performance Marketing
Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski is catching a lot of flak inside the Beltway for how he's handling a draft order of media ownership rules. Rather than holding a [...]
FCC Takes Up Low-Power Radio to Add Diversity to Airwaves
Coincidences in Washington? Try this. Just when the Federal Communications Commission is circulating a draft order to loosen media ownership rules, it voted today to take final steps to create [...]