At the National Conference for Media Reform, a coalition led by Consumers Union, the Consumer Federation of America, Free Press and Rainbow PUSH released a series of research studies investigating the facts behind the big media companies’ claims as to why they need more consolidation to survive. We listen to CU’s Gene Kimmelman, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Free Press’ Derek Turner and CFA’s Dr. Marc Cooper lay out the facts that big media would prefer to ignore.
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John Anderson joins me once again for our annual year-end wrap-up. This time we discuss the year in radio, including the failure of digital “HD” radio to take off, despite the availability of new receivers.
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Media consolidation, especially in radio, has brought tremendous change to the music business — mostly negative. Now independent musicans are working together to shape the future of our media landscape. Jenny Toomey is the executive director of the Future of Music Coalition, and she tells us more about how radio has changed and how they would like to see it improved.
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Paul takes a look at the prospects for telecommunications legislation and regulation under a Democratic congress. He also considers the rise of so-called “user created” video on YouTube and Google Video, and what that means for independent media makers.
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The Oaxaca state government has stepped up its offensive agains the popular movement APPO there, now aided by the Mexican federal government. Police have targeted Radio Universidad, the last remaining radio voice of the APPO, along with people involved in the movement. Nancy Davies and George Salzman, two Americans living in Oaxaca, provide us another important update about what’s really happening there, and what’s not being reported in the US mainstream media.
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January 21, 2007 11:05 pm | 
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