Category: mediageek status

I’m out of town this week, in lovely Portland, OR, after a 2.5 day trip on AMTRAK’s “Empire Builder” train. I’ll be attending the Portland Zine Symposium this weekend, where I’m also sharing a table with Aj “Low Hug” Michel. Since I won’t have regular Internet access, posts will be light this week, and probably…

The mediageek zine now has its own page, with some excerpts and ordering information. There are permanent links to the page above in the header and in the right column. Check it out and order yours — it’s only 2 bucks!

Friday’s mediageek radio show featured an interview with Cristoph Meyer, who publishes the excellent zine 28 Pages Lovingly Bound with Twine. Cristoph is off-line, but you can order a copy of his newest issue directly from him for the low low price of $2: Cristoph Meyer P.O. Box 106 Danville, OH 43014 USA As typical…

As I mentioned earlier, I have completed the first issue of the mediageek zine, my new print project which made its debut at the Allied Media Conference. It’s 38 pages full of rants, how-tos and reviews, with a neat-o mediageek sticker affixed to the front of every copy. The contents are: mediageekery – welcome from…

Hello to anyone who clicked here via Lawrence Lessig’s blog, and thanks to him for the link. I just want to point out that I’ve been tracking the FCC media ownership rules review story for quite some time here on mediageek, and invite you to check out the media ownership & consolidation archive.

Media scholar Robert McChesney will be my guest on this Friday’s mediageek radioshow (5:30 PM Friday at 90.1 FM for those of you in Central Illinois). It also happens to be pledge drive time at my station, WEFT, and Bob is a true pledge drive pro, so I’m very happy he’s offered to be on.…

The ‘geek got a shout-out in the current issue of In These Times magazine, in an article by Guerrilla News Network’s Stephen Marshall, entitled “Prime Time Payola”: In January, Sen. John McCainÂ’s Commerce Committee held two hearings that targeted, among other things, the issue of media concentration. At the first hearing, Michael Powell and his…

The mediageek radioshow archives are up to date with the March 7 and 14 shows now on-line. The March 7 show featured a sampling from the diverse public comments made to the FCC on the issue of media ownership at the public forum held in Seattle. Joshua Breitbart of Rooftoop Films and Clamor Magazine was…

Friday’s edition of the mediageek radioshow is now online and available for listening in mp3 and ogg vorbis. It’s not yet added to the radioshow page, but will be there in a few days (note to self — maybe making that page a blog would make it easier to add shows). Listen/download: 64kbps mp3 (~13…