http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-09-06T13:09:45-05:00 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/706.html 2007-07-03T12:36:20-05:00 2007-07-03T12:36:20-05:00 SmartMediaToday There are 19 announced candidates for president, eight running for the Democratic nomination and 11 vying for the Republican nod. Six of them are already http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/695.html 2007-07-02T12:21:49-05:00 2007-07-02T12:21:49-05:00 SmartMediaToday The Supreme Court's decision that rolls out the red carpet for down-to-the-wire issue advertising adding pressure to a jam-packed and front-loaded primary election season, with http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/694.html 2007-07-02T12:20:18-05:00 2007-07-02T12:20:18-05:00 SmartMediaToday If you saw the word-fragment "mon" on a partially-obscured card flashed on your screen for one second during a commercial, would you know what it http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/682.html 2007-07-02T12:10:03-05:00 2007-07-02T12:10:03-05:00 SmartMediaToday The Supreme Court's decision that rolls out the red carpet for down-to-the-wire issue advertising adding pressure to a jam-packed and front-loaded primary election season, with http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/680.html 2007-07-02T12:08:16-05:00 2007-07-02T12:08:16-05:00 SmartMediaToday You can now go to the homepage of the Federal Election Commission and get an instant snapshot on where the money fueling the 2008 presidential http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/679.html 2007-07-02T12:06:00-05:00 2007-07-02T12:06:00-05:00 SmartMediaToday The House of Representative put a nail in the coffin of the Fairness Doctrine before it could even rise to the level of a bill. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/649.html 2007-06-29T11:01:16-05:00 2007-06-29T11:01:16-05:00 SmartMediaToday Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), a former radio talk show host, may be on the minority side of the isle in the US House of Representatives, http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/637.html 2007-06-28T15:00:54-05:00 2007-06-28T15:00:54-05:00 SmartMediaToday Ed Markey (D-MA) has shown a ravenous appetite for broadcast and communications issues since taking over a key House Energy & Commerce Committee subcommittee. Since http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/622.html 2007-06-28T14:48:00-05:00 2007-06-28T14:48:00-05:00 SmartMediaToday It's no secret that Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) would like to see the Fairness Doctrine brought back to life, requiring that views expressed over America's airwaves http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/610.html 2007-06-27T14:28:08-05:00 2007-06-27T14:28:08-05:00 SmartMediaToday Many thanks to the many alert readers who pointed out that Larry Craig is an alert senator. That's Larry Craig (R-ID). We regret referencing his http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/599.html 2007-06-27T14:17:07-05:00 2007-06-27T14:17:07-05:00 SmartMediaToday At the Commerce Committee hearing on media violence, Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe submitted his written testimony for the record and then ignored the practice http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/598.html 2007-06-27T14:16:19-05:00 2007-06-27T14:16:19-05:00 SmartMediaToday FCC Chairman Kevin Martin was unable to make the Commerce Committee hearing on media violence due to a family emergency. That left a gaping hole http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/597.html 2007-06-27T14:15:04-05:00 2007-06-27T14:15:04-05:00 SmartMediaToday Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) briefly paid tribute to retired Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-SC) as he carried forward the baton in the crusade against media violence. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/584.html 2007-06-26T13:21:37-05:00 2007-06-26T13:21:37-05:00 SmartMediaToday The seat of the late Larry Craig (R-WY) has been filled by a Democratic governor with a Republican, due to an unusual law in Craig's http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/569.html 2007-06-26T12:56:06-05:00 2007-06-26T12:56:06-05:00 SmartMediaToday "Where the First Amendment is implicated, the tie goes to the speaker, not the censor," wrote US Chief Justice John Roberts, with the Supreme Court http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/561.html 2007-06-25T12:37:30-05:00 2007-06-25T12:37:30-05:00 SmartMediaToday RCN Corporation, which provides bundled CATV, telephone and internet service in several markets, failed to meet its EEO requirements over a two year period. The http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/553.html 2007-06-25T12:23:47-05:00 2007-06-25T12:23:47-05:00 SmartMediaToday FCC Chairman Kevin Martin will be a panel of one when the Senate Commerce Committee sits down to discuss "The Impact of Violence on Children" http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/552.html 2007-06-25T12:21:55-05:00 2007-06-25T12:21:55-05:00 SmartMediaToday Although the phrase Fairness Doctrine did not come up during the course of a brief exchange between evening talker John Ziegler and Sen. James Inhofe http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/487.html 2007-06-25T12:05:00-05:00 2007-06-25T12:05:00-05:00 SmartMediaToday The proposed Sam Zell/ESOP acquisition of Tribune Company is pending, with a major sticking point in the form of five broadcast/newspaper cross-ownership platforms which have http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/542.html 2007-06-22T12:08:28-05:00 2007-06-22T12:08:28-05:00 SmartMediaToday The issue: The FCC's ruling to grease the wheels of telco expansion into the MVPD business. The new rules, they say, "will severely restrict the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/520.html 2007-06-21T11:43:57-05:00 2007-06-21T11:43:57-05:00 SmartMediaToday Keeping the heat on the children's theme this summer, the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, chaired by Ed Markey (D-MA), will be looking at http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/513.html 2007-06-21T11:35:05-05:00 2007-06-21T11:35:05-05:00 SmartMediaToday The House Energy & Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health handed pharmaceutical distributors, and broadcasters, a victory yesterday, striking down a potential three-year ban on direct-to-consumer http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/506.html 2007-06-20T13:03:50-05:00 2007-06-20T13:03:50-05:00 SmartMediaToday The FCC has doubled up on KITZ Radio Inc., licensee of KGTK-AM Olympia WA and KITZ-AM Silverdale WA. It seems that when an FCC field http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/494.html 2007-06-20T12:46:49-05:00 2007-06-20T12:46:49-05:00 SmartMediaToday Ed Markey (D-MA), chair of the influential House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, was swift with his praise of Kellogg Company when it announced http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/478.html 2007-06-19T11:55:00-05:00 2007-06-19T11:55:00-05:00 SmartMediaToday Tuesday next, 6/26/07 at 10AM, is now on the schedule of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. And the topic is bound to