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Late-Period Limbaugh

Posted by NY Times on 03 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: News, Radio, Agenda Setting

By Zev Chafets, NY Times Mag
Bush is wildly unpopular. McCain is nobody’s idea of a movement guy. Conservatism is cracking up. What’s the king of talk radio to do?

Popularity: 1% [?]

Reclaiming Radio

Posted by Black Agenda Report on 17 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Activism, Radio

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By Michelle Chen, Black Agenda Report
Activists across the nation have devised a number of strategies to combat the “white noise” of corporate commercial radio

Popularity: 1% [?]

NPR News: National Pentagon Radio?

Posted by Norman Solomon on 27 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Politics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Radio

By Norman Solomon
At NPR News, the sense and sensibilities tend to be neatly aligned with the outlooks of official Washington.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Sirius, XM Satellite Deal Clears One Hurdle

Posted by Boston Globe on 25 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Radio, Satellite Radio

By Boston Globe
Sirius Satellite Radio’s proposed acquisition of XM Satellite Radio won US antitrust clearance yesterday for a single satellite-radio provider.

Popularity: 1% [?]

NPR Grapples With The Prospect Of A Post-Radio Future

Posted by Christian Science Monitor on 14 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Radio, Satellite Radio

By Randy Dotinga, Christian Science Monitor
Local stations are wary of NPR’s embrace of podcasts and other new ways to deliver its news programs.

Popularity: 1% [?]

NPR Chief Resigns Abruptly

Posted by United Press International on 07 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Radio

By United Press International
Ken Stern resigned abruptly, but “by mutual agreement.”

Popularity: 1% [?]

Imus Closer To A Return To TV In Big Cities

Posted by NY Times on 31 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, CBS, Television, Radio, Satellite Radio, Comcast

By Jacques Steinberg, NY Times
Viewers in Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago and San Francisco, among other big cities, moved a step closer to being able to see a simulcast of Don Imus’s radio show on television.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Advertiser Sues Don Imus For Unscripted Comments

Posted by Reuters on 25 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Advertising, Radio

By Edith Honan, Reuters
A book publisher that bought an ad on Imus’s show is suing the shock jock and his former bosses at CBS for insulting the book he was paid to promote.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Statement By Copps On Clear Channel Buyout

Posted by Federal Communications Commission on 25 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Radio, Clear Channel

By Michael Copps, FCC
“While the new company will remain a media giant ‘now re-focused on the largest markets’, there are some potential public interest benefits to this deal…”

Popularity: 1% [?]

Advertisers Drop Savage Over Hateful Remarks, USO Hints At Suit

Posted by Huffington Post on 24 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Advertising, Activism, Radio, Right v. Left

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By Sam Stein, Huffington Post
At least four major firms have pulled advertising from Michael Savage’s nationally syndicated radio show following a campaign highlighting his inflammatory rhetoric.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Top Conservative Talkers Rap Huckabee And McCain

Posted by Project for Excellence in Journalism on 18 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, USGOP, USDemocrats, Politics, 08 Election, Radio

By Mark Jurkowitz, PEJ
With the campaign primary season in full swing, the most popular conservative voices in talk radio last week seemed to take sides in the crowded Republican presidential field.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Harassed, Arrested, Gagged: A Report From Somalia

Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 17 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Radio, Human Rights

By David Axe, CJR
Mogadishu’s independent media battle a government crackdown…

Popularity: 1% [?]

Senate Panel OKs Media Bill

Posted by AP on 05 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Media Freedom, FCC, Television, Radio, Cable

By AP
A Senate panel approved a bill that would put the brakes on a plan to let broadcasters own a newspaper in the same media market.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Don Imus’ Simulcast Turns Into Simulcrash

Posted by NY Daily News on 05 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Technology, Radio, Satellite Radio, ABC

By David Hinckly, Daily News
Just 24 hours after Don Imus put his show back on track, he got blindsided by one of the ugliest technical train wrecks in recent radio and TV memory.

Popularity: 2% [?]

An Apologetic Imus Is Back On The Air

Posted by Huffington Post on 04 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Radio, ABC News, Satellite Radio

By Deepti Hajela, Huffington Post
His debut on WABC completed a comeback that seemed improbable at the height of the uproar last spring.

Popularity: 1% [?]

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