DN!: FCC Chair Proposes Rules to Allow Greater Media Consolidation//Body Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:28:00 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST October 22, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * FCC Chair Kevin Martin Proposes Rules to Allow for Greater Media Consolidation * The FCC is proposing to do away with media ownership rules that bar companies from owning both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city. In 2003, Kevin Martin voted with the then-FCC chairman to lift the same media ownership rules but the effort was overturned by the landmark Prometheus v. FCC decision. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/22/1415254 * Body Shop Founder & Environmental Campaigner Anita Roddick 1942-2007 * A memorial will be held in London on Tuesday to remember the life of Dame Anita Roddick, the environmental campaigner and pioneer in cruelty-free beauty projects. We air a 2001 interview she did with Canadian filmmaker Mark Achbar during production of the documentary "The Corporation." Also, imprisoned Black Panther activist Herman Wallace remembers Anita Roddick's work to help free the Angola 3. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/22/1415259 * "Jena Is All Over This Country": Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and Rep. Keith Ellison Question Federal Response to the Jailing of the Jena Six * The House Judiciary Committee held a heated hearing Tuesday on the case of the Jena Six. Democratic lawmakers and community activists lambasted federal officials for not intervening despite the hanging of nooses on the schoolyard tree and District Attorney Reed Walters's initial charges of second-degree attempted murder against the six African American teenagers. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/22/1416207 * Headlines for October 22, 2007 * - Kurdish Militants Kill 17 Turkish Soldiers in Ambush - Cheney: Iran Faces "Serious Consequences" - Report: U.S. Wants to Build Military Bases in Lebanon - Seven Protesters Arrested At Blackwater Headquarters - Verizon, AT&T Executives Give Over $40,000 to Sen. Rockefeller - South African Reggae Star Lucky Dube, 43, Murdered Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/22/1415247 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Monday, October 22, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/22/1757219 To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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