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Koch brothers blast Reed Hundt's remarks on newspaper ownership
The Koch brothers are firing back at former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt, who last week made a speech at UCLA in which he said he couldn’t “imagine anything good from the Koch family owning the Los Angeles Times."...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, Television Industry
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Gannett's TV deal for Belo worries media watchdogs
Gannett Co.'s proposed acquisition of Belo Corp. is the latest in a slew of deals in the television industry. Last week, Media General acquired Young Broadcasting to create a company that will own 30 TV stations in 27 markets. In April, Sinclair...
Tags: Fisher Communications Incorporated, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., Newspaper and Magazine, Freedom of the Press, Television Industry
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Comcast scores a victory over Tennis Channel in court
Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable operator, won a unanimous court victory in its long-running legal match with independently owned Tennis Channel Inc. On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that Tennis Channel...
Tags: French Open, Media Industry, Television, Golf Channel (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service
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Comcast wins appeals court victory in Tennis Channel dispute
Comcast Corp. is the Serena Williams of cable. The nation's largest cable operator with more than 21 million subscribers outlasted and out-muscled the tiny Tennis Channel to win a marathon legal dispute that went from the Federal Communications...
Tags: Media Industry, Television, Golf Channel (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service, Serena Williams
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'The Purge' should top 'The Internship.' Tyler Perry lifts OWN.
After the coffee. Before getting ready for the cable show in D.C. The Skinny: I'm flying to Washington tomorrow for the cable convention next week. I'm such a good soldier that I'll stay with family rather than a comfy hotel near the convention center....
Tags: Media Industry, Vince Vaughn, Ethan Hawke, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Tribune Company
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Obama pledges more Web access to slightly distracted middle-schoolers
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – President Obama on Thursday pledged to bring high-speed Internet to nearly all students in their classrooms within five years, calling on the Federal Communications Commission to expand an existing initiative that will help...
Tags: Arne Duncan, Education, Media Industry, U.S. Congress, Students
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Ex-FCC Chairman Reed Hundt wary of Koch brothers owning L.A. Times
A former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said rules limiting common ownership of newspapers and television stations in the same market should be gutted -- even if it clears the way for media mogul Rupert Murdoch to control more news...
Tags: Media Industry, All My Children (tv program), The CW (tv network), Newspaper and Magazine, Charles Koch
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Officials call on cellphone makers to help thwart theft
SAN FRANCISCO — Faced with a steep rise in smartphone theft, the San Francisco district attorney and New York’s attorney general said Wednesday that they will convene a summit next week with the top four phone makers to push for a...
Tags: Samsung Galaxy S IV, Theft, Crime, Law and Justice, Cell Phones, Queens (New York City)
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Comcast aces Tennis Channel! Google's Hollywood moment is here.
After the coffee. Before listening to another media investment conference. The Skinny: I was watching "Brooklyn DA," the CBS documentary series, Tuesday night, hoping for a crossover episode with the cast of "Girls," but no such luck. Tuesday's...
Tags: Media Industry, Vince Vaughn, The Killing (movie), Film Festivals, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
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McCain is prepping legislation to overhaul pay-TV business
The maverick wants to cook the TV industry's golden goose. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is preparing to introduce legislation perhaps as early as Thursday that would dramatically overhaul the television business and will probably be met with strong...
Tags: Nickelodeon (tv network), Media Industry, ABC (tv network), Consumers, John McCain
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John McCain: Cable TV, the right way
America's 100 million cable and satellite subscribers are forced to pay ever-higher bills for a growing number of channels they do not watch. The American people are being ripped off. Meanwhile, services such as iTunes and Netflix have led a...
Tags: Media Industry, ABC (tv network), Consumers, John McCain, DirecTV Group Inc.
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Supreme Court upholds FCC power in cellphone tower case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's two leading conservatives staked out opposite stands Monday over whether judges should play a greater role in second-guessing regulations issued by "unelected bureaucrats" in federal agencies. The divide arose when...
Tags: Media Industry, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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