TARP, Copenhagen, Iraq, Afghanistan, LPFM

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Leaked UN report: Copenhagen cuts would lead to 3C temperature rise
Chilcot Iraq Inquiry: The establishment goes to work from Media Lens
Army specialist jailed for stop-loss hip hop song from Courage to Resist
Add 56,000 new contractors to 30,000 new troops for Afghanistan
NEWS ABOUT THE MEDIA
LPFM passes the House by Candace Clement; [...]

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Call your Senators! LPFM expansion has never been closer

Big news from Prometheus Radio… Time to call your Senators! UPDATE: Free Press has an easy way to email your Senators to tell them to vote in support of community radio.
The Local Community Radio Act passed the House of Representatives Wednesday evening with a resounding voice vote and now moves to the Senate. The bill [...]

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LPFM: Good news & bad, Students barricade UCLA

LPFM: Senate Commerce Committee unanimous on Local Community Radio Act
LPFM: FCC shuts down folksy station in Stayton, OR
Protesting students barricade doors at UCLA
Senate Judiciary Committee fails to approve shield law bill from Variety
Former Dubya spokesperson Dana Perino named to Broadcast Board of Governors
Smart grids drag utilities into the swamp of online privacy from Ars Technica
Kicking [...]

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Weekend news wrap-up

7 of the most inspiring videos on the web from Mashable
Low-Power radio and what the media won’t tell you
Cuban bloggers abducted and beaten from CPJ
Comcast-NBC deal: Equivalent of Godzilla swallowing 30 Rock
Child protection or censorship in Kentucky?
Media Democracy Day: Independent media’s moment
Hillary’s dope deal from At Largely
Colorado lawmakers ready bills to curb medical marijuana
Solutions in [...]

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Thursday Radio headlines

LPFM bill passes House subcommittee 15 to 1 from Prometheus Radio
Boise Community Radio federal grant match fundraising begins
KYRS Spokane going full-power with federal grant
Browser is new iPod, mobile app is new CD from Media Futurist

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Monday Night News

Free Press supports FCC in case against Comcast
Cloud computing: IBM corporate email undercuts Google
Local radio is a grassroots effort for California LPFM
America’s PR revolution: Outraged denial by David Sirota

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In Minneapolis… DAY 1

The first day, Thursday, I spent quality travel time with Karen Toering of Reclaim the Media and Angela Ballantyne of UW Communication Studies. We arrived at the airport early in the morning, before the storms started kicking up.
Then I caught up with Nathan James of Media and Democracy Coalition, who is live-blogging the conference. I’m [...]

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Free Press Media Reform Conference

Craig Aaron, Communications Director of Free Press, was a guest on my radio show Friday May 30th.
LISTEN HERE to the interview on its own. Or LISTEN HERE to the interview within the context of the entire show, which focused more broadly on international press freedom.
Time flies when two verbose media activists get chattin’… Craig and [...]

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Pete from Prometheus, Auction Results, Phase Transitions

Today’s show featured an interview with Pete Tridish of Prometheus Radio Project.
Listen to the interview and the entire show HERE.
Also, I read through news articles and blog posts for an update on the FCC’s spectrum auction, which concluded this week, including calls for an investigation by the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition.
Plus, check out Nathan James’ [...]

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DC adventures, LPFM expansion

My friends at Prometheus Radio Project invited me to come to Washington, DC and participate in LPFM Lobbying Day 2008. Roughly 30 community radio advocates from around the country gathered in DC Monday and Tuesday to let our elected officials know about the Local Community Radio Act. Introduced by John McCain and Maria Cantwell, the [...]

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Talking Radio with Tom Voorhees

My guest on Friday Feb. 22nd Digital Crossroads at Noon is Tom Voorhees, from Whidbey Island. Check out his projects on the web HERE and HERE. We’ll talk about the legislative agenda as I head to DC this weekend to lobby Congress as well as this exciting legal unlicensed low power AM radio project LCR [...]

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Speaking For the People

dressed sharp, with sport coat, scarf, Merck Records hat and fresh sneaks -photos by James Brennaman
January 30th I testified in front of the Washington state legislature. The House committee on Technology, Energy and Communications was considering House Joint Memorial 4028, a bill introduced by Representatives Bob Hasegawa and Deb Wallace, condemning the Federal Communications [...]

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