Media

The concentration of media ownership by an increasingly smaller number of global corporate conglomerates poses a threat to democracy, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter told a standing-room only audience at a Town Meeting on Media Ownership and the Pubic Airwaves held at St. John Fisher College Monday March 8. Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein -- one of the two commissioners who opposed the ownership rules changes passed by the FCC last June -- agreed, noting that the major corporate media have done very little to make the public aware of the issues that these changes have raised.

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The concentration of media ownership by an increasingly smaller number of global corporate conglomerates poses a threat to democracy, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter told a standing-room only audience at a Town Meeting on Media Ownership and the Pubic Airwaves held at St. John Fisher College Monday March 8.

i was just thinking of the superbowl and thought of a new logo idea for the IMC.

"It's not Skin-dependant,
It's Indy-pendant!"

The debate over media ownership rules is coming to Rochester. Today at 7pm at St. John Fisher, the public will have the opportunity to ask questions regarding the ownership of local print radio and television stations. Recently the FCC voted to relax the restrictions governing the percentage of media outlets a single company could own in a single market. Diversity is essential to a free and democratic media.

Media smug at Edwards pageant

A team of fresh-out-of-college progessives have teamed up to launch the liberal alternative to Drudge: The Raw Story (www.rawstory.com).

Gannett is now requiring all writers of op-ed and even letters to the editor to sign away the publication rights to their words in any form in perpetuity. This has a chilling effect on free speech. It is particularly galling since Gannett pays not one single red cent for these pieces. The solution? Stop writing for them!

email these Kucinich videos to subvert the media blackout. 30 sec.

Rochester Community Television (RCTV-15), Rochester's public access channel, is undergoing a major "face lift" as the Board and staff, along with the City Council, re-negotiate Time Warner's contract with the City. On Feb. 25, 2004, a panel consisting of Interim General Manager Carvin Eison, Vice President of Programs Ginna Moseson, and Programming Manager Rick Osborne, updated current RCTV producers on the changes that are occurring and/or are in the planning stage. The goal is to enable Rochester's public access programming to become more professional and to better serve the community. The contract negotiations process provides an excellent opportunity to ensure the availability of locally sponsored, locally centered programming that promotes a diversity of voices and the needs and interests of the community without concern for profit.