Media Reform Headlines for April 30, 2008 Resent-Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 12:34:49 -0500 (CDT) Media Reform Daily News of the movement for April 30, 2008 -- STOP BIG MEDIA -- AS CONGRESS EXAMINES FCC, CHAIRMAN MAY BE ASKED TO DEFEND HIS LEADERSHIP http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=G8OaHUHFeDKmi2M9sK-vAQ.. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin might be called to defend himself in a hearing on his leadership after a congressional investigation turned up complaints about the way he runs the agency. Cecilia Kang, Washington Post DINGELL PROBE OF FCC COULD YIELD JUNE HEARING http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=KR3MOTpMGSpOMpxTk-_fNA.. Staff members on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are recommending public hearings in June on the management practices of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin. Ted Hearn, Multichannel News PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS WEIGH IN ON LOCALISM http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=rEwMn-MrNgIk37jGBML8nA.. A coalition of public interest groups have filed comments on the FCC's proposed rules to promote localism in broadcasting. The groups are proposing that broadcasters meet more stringent public service requirements as a condition of license renewal. John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable 'WSJ' COMMITTEE CRITICIZES 'NOTIFICATION' ON MANAGING EDITOR'S RESIGNATION http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=CbKRT43I-GDAONE-CUKKtQ.. The special committee formed to oversee editorial independence at the Wall Street Journal claims it was improperly informed of Managing Editor Marcus Brauchli's resignation after the fact. Joe Strupp, Editor & Publisher COMMITTEE CRITICIZES MOVE AT JOURNAL http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=bzjoc_dKxyaMqtXydfKEKQ.. The ouster of the Wall Street Journal's top editor did not live up to conditions that News Corp. had agreed to when it bought Dow Jones in December, a special oversight committee for the newspaper said. Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times THE NEWSDAY CHASE http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=2T-CgQjXtnG2kxLsnGnk_A.. Mort Zuckerman, owner of the New York Daily News, isn't going to let his archrival, News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch, snatch away Newsday without a fight. But Zuckerman's bid may have its own regulatory challenges. Devin Leonard, Fortune CABLEVISION MAY MAKE JOINT BID FOR NEWSDAY http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=xcAtZD2IanjR7qtP8jR9-A.. Cablevision may make a joint bid for the Long Island newspaper Newsday that would match or top rival offers of about $580 million from media titans Rupert Murdoch and Mortimer Zuckerman. Jui Chakravorty Das and Robert MacMillan, Reuters -- JOURNALISM AND BEYOND -- GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=GNwVADZfNf1NSTOjdXq4xQ.. Democracies from Russia to the Philippines are among the worst countries in the world at prosecuting journalists' killers according to the Impunity Index, a list of countries compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Committee to Protect Journalists WHY SHOULD WE TRUST STORYTELLERS? http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=uazI-DQwYt293Sh_Jcguiw.. Journalists still cling to the notion that they are trusted purveyors of the "truth." It's time the public saw the obsession with trust for what it is -- a desire by the media to have the pulpit to themselves. Adrian Monck, The Guardian MEDIA MATTERS http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=w0QpOW3Ug2B88G2ybvVlIg.. Why isn't the media capable of covering election stories with some element of intelligent and reasonable analysis and discourse? We are, as a nation, worse-off because it can't seem to. Lucy Carrigan, Huffington Post -- NCMR 2008 -- There are only five weeks before the 2008 National Conference for Media Reform. If you care about the state of the media, this is the one event you can't miss. Sign up now. June 6-8 - Minneapolis http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=_8WokptJY30VvMxITo9W-Q.. -- FP ACTION NETWORK -- http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=ZBBXw_Ve3muGhFIlGjUGZQ.. -- IN OTHER NEWS -- SCREEN ACTORS GUILD, HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS STILL FAR FROM A CONTRACT http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=N7_ORQuAlZkK771PFYZ9qw.. After more than two weeks of negotiations, Hollywood studios and the Screen Actors Guild appear to have made little headway toward a new contract. Richard Verrier and Claudia Eller, Los Angeles Times ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS TO LIMIT 'FREE' INTERNET http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=NSv_tI9iheVpavJ-qn2Ojg.. Executives at Rogers Communications said the Canadian cable giant is moving toward a utility-type model where the user pays based on the amount of broadband capacity consumed. Chris Sorensen, Toronto Star MICROSOFT TO GET TOUGH WITH YAHOO http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=sGKsclON3Yy9qB_Z87guZQ.. Wall Street expects Microsoft to enter a protracted period of "trench warfare" in its attempt to buy Yahoo after the failure of its three-month-long attempt to bring the online company's board to the negotiating table. Andrew Clark and Richard Wray, The Guardian GOOGLE MAY END UP AS WINNER IF MICROSOFT BUYS YAHOO http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=gQDUZ9VJRzGgshdcoeN_Uw.. One of the biggest players behind Microsoft's drive to buy Yahoo has never been at the bargaining table - Google. John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News You are receiving this email as an opt-in subscriber to Free Press' Media Reform Daily. You can unsubscribe or manage your account at any time. http://free.convio.net/site/CO?i=nu9OtAfuu7Q1xCU7Fbxh4OrCJXGURN8_&cid=1241 http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=dzsY5bPfWBMebgZ__HLSCA.. Many of these articles are copyrighted material. 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