Complete Free Press Newswire

Google Says Microsoft's Yahoo Buy Might Hurt Internet

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:45:58 -0500

Google said it was concerned about the free flow of information on the Internet if Microsoft were to succeed in acquiring Yahoo.

House Goes After FCC Ruling

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:42:15 -0500

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has filed a measure aimed at nullifying the controversial FCC rule that would end the 32-year-old ban on radio and television broadcasters owning newspapers in the same media markets.

Net Neutrality, Wireless on Collision Course

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:41:51 -0500

The sizzling Net Neutrality debate is edging closer to the mobile network sector, as the FCC investigates charges that Comcast purposely slowed BitTorrent P2P traffic and lied about doing it.

Internet Changing Journalism, But Not As Many Expected

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:37:56 -0500

The Internet has profoundly changed journalism, but not necessarily in ways that were predicted even a few years ago, a study on the industry has found.

IFTA Blasts MPAA's Glickman

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:33:14 -0500

The president of the Independent Film and Television Alliance said she was "astounded" to learn of remarks attacking proponents of Net Neutrality made by the chief of the Motion Picture Association of America.

Media Hold McCain, Obama to Different Standards

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:31:28 -0500

Media coverage of the presidential campaign has not held Barack Obama and John McCain to the same standard, and may reveal a corporate media bias for McCain.

Logged Video Clips of Connecticut Public Hearing on PEG Access TV

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:24:34 -0500

Connecticut's Joint Committee on Energy and Technology 4-hour hearing on amending the state's recent video franchising law to protect PEG is now available in several video clips.

Does Big Media's One-Two Punch Knock Out the Internet?

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:19:02 -0500

Big Media is increasingly in alliance with Big Cable/Telco in an attempt to control the Internet. It's time for the government to implement reasonable Net Neutrality oversight that protects consumers and content creators from predatory practices.

Online Free Markets Must Be Defended

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:03:39 -0500

The current state of high speed Internet access is one in which real competition does not exist and the free market cannot correct itself. Anti-competitive actions by Comcast must be stopped before they endanger emerging free markets and free speech.

Five Dollars a Month for Legal P2P Could Happen Sooner than You Think

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:00:30 -0500

Music labels have shown an increased willingness to consider new business models as P2P file sharing increases. One idea is to pay your ISP a fee, say five dollars a month, to listen to all the music you desire.

Big Brother and TiVo Are Watching You

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:57:27 -0500

News outlets have brimmed with tales of Web sites, Internet service providers and even the government monitoring what you do and say. It's supposedly for your own good, but it's galling how little the monitored masses have to say in the matter.

Kenya's Indy Media

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:46:13 -0500

An alternative media system driven by ordinary Kenyans is emerging in the East African country to help raise the voices of the seldom heard in the midst of chaos and violence.

Conyer's Matter of Antitrust

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:41:04 -0500

House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) has signaled renewed interest in using antitrust law to protect free speech and market competition on the Internet.

More on MPAA and Net Neutrality

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:02:17 -0500

The president of the Independent Film and Television Alliance. She blasted MPAA chief Dan Glickman for coming out against Net Neutrality regulations.

Google Fighting YouTube Blackout in China

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:58:39 -0500

Google was working to restore its YouTube video service in China, after the Chinese government blocked access to the site, which was flooded with videos of clashes between police and protesters in Tibet and other cities.

Open-Government Promises Too Often Fade into Secrecy

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:56:15 -0500

When candidates are seeking your vote, they can be counted on to mouth civics-book pieties about the public's right to know what's going on in government. But all too often, there is a huge gap between the promises of open government and the reality.

House Passes Surveillance Bill Without Immunity

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:28:32 -0500

The House passed legislation that would re-authorize U.S. government anti-terrorist surveillance programs but would not grant immunity from lawsuits to telecom providers that have participated with surveillance programs in the past.

State of the News Media 2008

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:26:52 -0500

The Project for Excellence in Journalism has published the State of the News Media 2008. The overall analysis: The state of the American news media in 2008 is more troubled than a year ago, but in different ways than experts predicted.

Backlog of Data Requests Still Bulging

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:23:38 -0500

Despite President Bush's order for improvements more than two years ago, much of the federal government has barely made a dent in the huge backlog of unanswered requests under the Freedom of Information Act.

FCC to Aid Women's Minority Access to Capital

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:17:44 -0500

The FCC's Diversity Committee is about to take the wraps off a new initiative to help women and minorities raise the capital they need to become media owners.

The Federal Government Is Secretive, Americans Say

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:15:23 -0500

Nearly nine in 10 Americans say it's important to know presidential and congressional candidates' positions on open government, but three out of four view the federal government as secretive, according to a new survey.

FCC Insider: This Place Is Hell; Silent Protest Planned

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:15:00 -0500

On March 18, the third anniversary of Kevin Martin's tenure as FCC chairman, some of the agency staff will arrive at work dressed in black to protest what they experience as a super-politicized culture in which everything must be approved by the chairman.

Report Finds FOIA Requests Caught in Backlog

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:10:33 -0500

Rules imposed by President Bush have improved federal agencies' responses to requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act, but a huge backlog of unanswered requests remains, a new study says.

Networked Community Communication Model

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:55:51 -0500

A paper by Seungahn Nah is particularly helpful in looking at the community media center as a specific geographic location within which to study community in a way "in which all kinds of communication pattern are integrated and coexisted."

Verizon to New England: Bye-Bye

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:51:00 -0500

The Verizon selloff of its Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont landline business to FairPoint Communications is a done deal. The deal will have a huge impact on the evolution of high speed broadband in Northern New England.

Comcast Turns Off Colorado Springs Public Access

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:47:20 -0500

With no announcement, Comcast pulled the plug on its Colorado Springs station and laid off its single employee.

Too Small for Nielsen to Measure? Check the Set-top Box

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:35:05 -0500

In a reversal of a long-time practice of giving a break to small and emerging networks without solid Nielsen viewership ratings, a new policy at a marketing group won't allow them to negotiate upfront deals without the national ratings data.

Stearns Yearns for DTV Transition Test Market

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:22:46 -0500

Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), the relatively new ranking member on the House Telecommunications & Internet Subcommittee, said he favors a test market for the digital-TV transition.

Clear Channel Completes Sale to Providence Equity Partners

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:20:04 -0500

Clear Channel said it completed the sale of its television group to Newport Television, a holding company for Providence Equity Partners for $1.1 billion.

Are News Habits Really Changing?

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:18:06 -0500

The trouble with journalism may not be a loss of audience, per se, but the challenge of getting advertisers to follow that audience to the Web.