Archive for the ‘Corporate media’ Category
Tuesday, April 19th, 2005
Free Press today pointed to a Chicago Indymedia story about the passage of the Telecoms rewrite bill in the Illinois senate. The bill still needs to pass in the House. For those who haven't been following this my colleague Sascha Meinrath has (powerpoint) [see also here and scroll down to ...
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Saturday, January 29th, 2005
Zeichenzug has a post considering what defences exist for advertising to children. He nails it pretty well, but I thought I'd add something I'd observed in the Irish debate.
Essentially, the strongest argument is, indeed, that exposure to advertising may help to build some skills. However, in the Irish context it ...
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Saturday, January 1st, 2005
MediaGeek - 2004-12-24 - including interview with the Yes Men.
Media Matters - 2004-12-36
Media Geek 2004-12-31
Media Minutes 2004-12-31
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2004
Media Minutes 2004-11-12
Media Minutes 2004-11-19
Media Minutes 2004-11-26
Media Minutes 2004-12-03
Media Minutes 2004-12-10
Media Minutes 2004-12-17
Media Minutes 2004-12-24
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2004
Media Matters 2004-11-14
Media Matters 2004-11-21
Media Matters 2004-11-28
Media Matters 2004-12-05
Media Matters 2004-12-12
Media Matters 2004-12-19
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2004
UTV has announced its purchase of LMFM (Louth-Meath) based in Drogheda. They already own stations in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. Seemingly they have already received approval from the BCI, just as the BCI announces a review of ownership guidelines, along with an interim policy. The interim policy is meant to ...
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Thursday, December 16th, 2004
The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland will launch a review of its policy on radio station ownership in March of next year.
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2004
You want to know why Democrats are out of power? It's because they're wasting energy and cash challenging Fox's trademark on 'Fair and Balanced'. What, precisely, is this meant to achieve? In the same mail that Alternet sent me looking for funds for this suit, they also say "Progressives are ...
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Friday, November 19th, 2004
Clear Channel are to put more emphasis on the local information on station websites. I suppose if your radio station doesn't have community-specific content, you may as well trumpet the little stuff you do have.
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Sunday, November 7th, 2004
Latest edition of Media Matters 2004-11-07, Bob McChesney's media analysis show, on WILL-AM 580.
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