Month: February 2003
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Info From Today’s Mediageek radioshow
The mediageek radioshow’s resident Zine-queen Aj Michel makes another appearance on today’s show to discuss some upcoming happenings in the ‘zine world and talk about some new ‘zines to hit the scene. Here’s references to the stuff she’ll talk about: Zine Events Zine Slam 2003 at the UC-IMC, Saturday March 15, 4PM to 6PM at…
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Who Is the FCC’s Public?
The Washington Post reports on the rough makeup of the attendees at the FCC’s “public forum” on media ownership rules held yesterday in Richmond, VA: “By midday, 195 of the People had made their way to the convention center here. One hundred nineteen of them were white men in suits; many of those men were…
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The FCC’s Public Farce
John at DIYmedia.net accurately sizes up the “hearing” on media ownership rules that the FCC is throwing in (at?) Richmond, VA today: “The ‘hearing’ has become a ‘forum,’ with an hour-long introductory performance, three 50-minute panel discussions and an hour for lunch. The panels are packed with “experts” – scholars, media executives, professional journalists, and…
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FCC Gets Detention
The full slate of FCC Commissioners will be making another rare appearance at the House, this time at Billy Tauzin’s Energy and Commerce Committee. Tauzin and many other Reps are pissed that the FCC went the compromise route on deregulating the mandatory sharing of local telephone networks by the regional Bell operators. And they’re especially…
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Connecticut’s Progressive Radio News
The Hartford Courant profiles the producers behind the very good and very consistent weekly radio news program, Between the Lines: “In a mongrel studio at Bridgeport’s WPKN-FM, Scott Harris and his production crew compete for space with old televisions, record players, cardboard crates and even suitcases. … “‘We’re always up front with the fact that…
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Indy Film Trackin’ and Jammin’ the Mainstream
Jason, of Micro-Film mag fame, passed along to me this Film Threat review of an indy documentary called Culturejam: Hijacking Commercial Culture. Although the reviewer comes off as kind of a butthead (despite giving the flick a positive review), I’m curious to see the movie. Culture Jamming is the territory where individuals take on the…
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D.I.Y. Isn’t a Merit Badge
A.J. over at Papercuts has some choice words on the Google-Blogger deal: “While Blogger doesn’t have the cool factor of Moveable Type, I like it because it’s easy to use, accessible from almost anywhere, and has provided me with a place to host the ‘blog ad-free with little fuss. The truth is sometimes in order…
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Mediachannel Going On Hiatus — How Do We Fund Independent Media?
Yesterday I received an e-mail from mediachannel.org announcing that they’re going on hiatus due to funding problems: “We’ve had to make some difficult choices to insure our survival. We are sad to report that we are going on a temporary hiatus to cut our costs and give us some time to reorganize with some new…
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Satellite Pawn
Since the FCC and Justice Dept. rejected a deal to merge the US’s only two direct-satellite broadcasters, DirecTV and Echostar, DirecTV has been back on the block looking for a buyer. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has expressed interest in adding DirecTV to its inventory of European and Asian direct-broadcast satellite holdings. But last Friday the…