This week is a big news wrap-up, first looking at a new regulation aimed at controlling media ownership concentration in Canada. Then I review what’s at stake with the internet and net neutrality in 2008, which I think is going to be a big year in determining the future of independent media and communication on the internet.
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This week is a big news wrap-up, first looking at a new regulation aimed at controlling media ownership concentration in Canada. Then I review what’s at stake with the internet and net neutrality in 2008, which I think is going to be a big year in determining the future of independent media and communication on the internet.
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[mp3]http://www.mediageek.net/sound/2008/mg20080118.mp3[/mp3]
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Wally Bowen is the Executive Director of the Mountain Area Information Network, a non-profit which has provided internet and information services to Western North Carolina for more than a decade. He believes that a non-commerical alternative to the enormous commercial DSL and cable modem duopolies in most communities is absolutely essential for guaranteeing the future freedom of the internet. In this week’s program Wally tell us more about MAIN and why nonprofit information services are so important.
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[mp3]http://www.mediageek.net/sound/2008/mg20080111.mp3[/mp3]
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Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad/A Little Bit of So Much Truth is a new documentary covering the people’s uprising in Oaxaca in 2006, focusing on the APPO’s use of media. Jill Friedberg is the filmmaker behind Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad and she tells us more about the film and what she saw happen in Oaxaca.
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[mp3]http://www.mediageek.net/sound/2008/mg20080104.mp3[/mp3]
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Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad/A Little Bit of So Much Truth is a new documentary covering the people’s uprising in Oaxaca in 2006, focusing on the APPO’s use of media. Jill Friedberg is the filmmaker behind Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad and she tells us more about the film and what she saw happen in Oaxaca.
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[mp3]http://www.mediageek.net/sound/2008/mg20080104.mp3[/mp3]
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On this edition, the last for 2007, we listen to some highlights from 2007 that have continuing relevancy going into 2008. First, we listen to an excerpt of a talk by Google’s Internet Evangelist, Vint Cerf, who talks about the origin of the basic architecture of the internet, highlighting the importance of end-to-end neutrality. Then we hear from Maria Juliana Byck of Paper Tiger TV, who discusses the 25th anniversary of this pioneering public access TV production organization, spearheading radically DIY video a quarter-century before YouTube.
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[mp3]http://www.mediageek.net/sound/2007/mg20071228.mp3[/mp3]
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John Anderson joins again for part 2 of our year-end review. First we tackle the FCC’s decision to all-but-eliminate the cross-ownership rule. Then John updates us on all of the FCC’s enforcement actions against unlicensed stations in 2007.
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[mp3]http://www.mediageek.net/sound/2007/mg20071221.mp3[/mp3]
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John Anderson from DIYmedia.net joins for the 5th anniversary year-end wrap-up, now expanded to two parts. On this edition we discuss the upcoming Dec. 18 FCC meeting with the virtual end of the newspaper-TV cross-ownership ban on the docket. We also talk about how Chairman Kevin Martin has succeeded in digging himself a Michael Powell-sized hole, alienating both fellow commissioners and lobbyists.
Note: With this edition I tried encoding both the mp3 and ogg files at 96kbps for higher fidelity, which makes the files 21 MB each. Any feedback about whether this is good or not is appreciated.
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[mp3]http://www.mediageek.net/sound/2007/mg20071214.mp3[/mp3]
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Michael W. Dean is the former lead singer of the 90s band Bomb, an author of instructional books, podcaster and is probably most well known for his documentary DIY or Die about independent artists. On this edition Michael discusses the value of being flexible in managing the rights for your work as an independent artist as he expresses in his O’Reilly Digital Media article, Anarchy, Integrity and the Digital Marketplace.
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[mp3]http://mediageek.net/sound/2007/mg20071207.mp3[/mp3]
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A big news update this week, mostly arising from the FCC’s Nov. 26 meeting where the commissioners voted to strengthen LPFM and wrestled over increasing regulations on cable TV.
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[mp3]http://www.mediageek.net/sound/2007/mg20071130.mp3[/mp3]
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January 20, 2008 11:30 pm | 
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