Rob's blog
Community Media Centers Under Attack
The Alliance for Communications Democracy (ACD), in cooperation with the Benton Foundation, last week released results of a nationwide study on public, educational and government (PEG) access that shows that public access cable channels have been the hardest hit by a wave of funding cuts and closures across the country in recent years. The
primary causes are new state franchising laws and decisions of local governments.
Angry Teenaged Birds?
Wow, I wanna go back to high school.
Not really... And not in Georgia. (No slight intended – it’s just a bit on the warm side for me.)
But now Georgia is suggesting providing an iPad instead of textbooks? That could be draw.
Media & The Free Speech Conundrum
You don’t have to be a football fan to know that the owner of the Washington NFL team has a reputation as a jerk. And that he’s been accused of boorish behavior on multiple occasions.
Pardon My Suspicions...
Apparently Comcast and NBC Universal have made some new, additional promises in their effort to persuade the Federal Communications Commission to approve the proposed merger between the two media behemoths.
But what, if anything, is Comcast/NBU actually giving up?
