DN!: Rupert Murdoch's Media Empire Grows//FCC Auctions Public Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:11:14 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST August 2, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * Read Amy Goodman's latest column * "The Uncounted Casualties of War" http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070801_the_uncounted_casualties_of_war / Consider writing your local newspaper and asking for them to carry the column, distributed by King Features. Many papers across the US have done so already. If you see the column in your paper, please mail us a copy of the full page, to: Democracy Now! 100 Lafayette St New York, NY 10013 Thank you! = = = = = = = = = LOOKING FOR APPLE MAC MINI DONATIONS Visit http://www.democracynow.org/macbookpro.shtml for a list of specific models. Thanks in advance for your support! = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * ³Robber Baron Over the Last Century²: Dow Jones Union Head on Likely New Boss Rupert Murdoch * News Corp.ıs Rupert Murdoch awaits FCC approval for his purchase of Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal. The sale would bring one of the nationıs oldest and most respected newspapers under a vast media empire that includes the Fox Television network, 21st Century Fox film studio, and more than 175 other newspapers. Weıre joined by Dow Jones union leader and radio host Steven Yount, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sydney Schanberg, and Craig Aaron of the media reform organization Free Press. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/02/1455200 * With New Internet and Cell Phone Rules, Federal Communications Commission Approves Mass Sell-off of Public Airwaves * The Federal Communications Commission has approved a set of rules to auction off a sizable chunk of the public airwaves. These rules will likely affect the lives of everyone in this country that uses the Internet and mobile phones. Craig Aaron of Free Press and Wall Bowen of the non-profit internet service provider Mountain Area Information Network explain. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/02/1455207 * Independent Artists Lead Fight Against Proposed New York City Regulations Limiting Filming, Photography in Public Places * The Mayor's office of Film, Theater, and Broadcasting is considering new permit and insurance regulations for photographers and filmmakers that would radically undermine the First amendment right to photograph and film in public places. If passed they would have harsh consequences for independent and low-budget photographers, filmmakers, journalists, artists, students, tourists, amateurs, and really, anyone with a still or video camera and a sense of curiosity about New York city. Weıre joined by three guests: Beka Economopoulos from the coalition Picture New York, Christopher Dunn from the New York Civil Liberties Union, and independent filmmaker Jem Cohen. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/02/1455217 * Headlines for August 2, 2007 * - 140 Dead in Iraq Attacks - Sunni Bloc Leaves Iraq Cabinet - Marine Convicted in Hamdania Slaying - Report: U.S. Loses 190,000 Weapons in Iraq - House OKs Expanding Child Health Insurance - Rumsfeld Denies Cover-Up in Tillman Death - 9 Killed, 20 Missing in Bridge Collapse - Hamas Open to Talks With U.S. - Amnesty Calls for Probe into Oaxaca Abuses - Obama Says He Would OK Attack on Pakistan Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/02/1454254 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Thursday, August 2, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/ To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! Friday, August 3, 2007: * As the country mourns the fatal highway bridge collapse in Minnesota, we look at a growing trend: the privatization of the nation's highways. * The ACLU's Jamel Jaffer on President Bush's attempt to rewrite the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the rules dictating domestic surveillance. * More TBA = = = = = = = = = DN! AT 10! TOUR DATES Amy and David Goodman and the DN! team are on tour. Visit http://tour.democracynow.org for more information. 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