http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-11-20T22:09:22-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/307.html 2007-06-08T12:22:33-05:00 2007-06-08T12:22:33-05:00 SmartMediaToday Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee Ted Stevens (R-AK) has some extracurricular problems back in his home state. Details of a corruption scandal has http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/285.html 2007-06-07T11:17:59-05:00 2007-06-07T11:17:59-05:00 SmartMediaToday Hispanic media giant Univision, which has already sparked citizenship and voter registration drives, is offering to host presidential debates from both parties on consecutive Sundays http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/268.html 2007-06-06T10:52:23-05:00 2007-06-06T10:52:23-05:00 SmartMediaToday Capitol Hill is mourning the passing of Sen. Craig Thomas (R-WY) from leukemia 6/4/07. But Senate Republicans will not have to mourn the loss of http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/237.html 2007-06-05T13:13:37-05:00 2007-06-05T13:13:37-05:00 SmartMediaToday Children are seeing more ads overall, but less advertising minutes, according to a Federal Trade Commission study comparing results of studies conducted with 1977 and http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/214.html 2007-06-04T12:50:49-05:00 2007-06-04T12:50:49-05:00 SmartMediaToday Local broadcasters have compiled a stellar record in times of emergency. Local radio and television often are the only source of vital information for citizens http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/168.html 2007-05-31T11:55:00-05:00 2007-05-31T11:55:00-05:00 SmartMediaToday The FCC put out a call for comments concerning home shopping stations as part of its review of the Cable Television Consumer Protection Act of http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/146.html 2007-05-30T11:28:32-05:00 2007-05-30T11:28:32-05:00 SmartMediaToday Fox News is not a party of any of the six presidential debates sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee, but it did arrange to sponsor http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/125.html 2007-05-29T11:04:17-05:00 2007-05-29T11:04:17-05:00 SmartMediaToday When John Dingell (D-MI) and Ed Markey (D-MA) have a concern about the broadcasting matters these days, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and colleagues Michael Copps http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/105.html 2007-05-25T11:46:06-05:00 2007-05-25T11:46:06-05:00 SmartMediaToday Harvard Law School constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe is on the case. According to reports, a loose consortium of broadcast networks and media associations has hired http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/95.html 2007-05-25T11:37:01-05:00 2007-05-25T11:37:01-05:00 SmartMediaToday John McCain (R-AZ) has often managed to irk members of the media. As chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, he practically declared open warfare with http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/81.html 2007-05-24T11:49:46-05:00 2007-05-24T11:49:46-05:00 SmartMediaToday Yet another Democratic legislator has been working the keyboard. This time it is US Rep Hilda Solis (D-CA), a member of the Energy & Commerce http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/73.html 2007-05-24T11:41:50-05:00 2007-05-24T11:41:50-05:00 SmartMediaToday US Rep Mike Doyle (D-PA), a key member of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, has fired off a letter to AG Alberto Gonzales, http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/74.html 2007-05-24T11:42:56-05:00 2007-05-24T11:42:56-05:00 SmartMediaToday The latest Federal Election Commission numbers are in, and they show that Washington political committees continue to rake in cash. Not only is money begin http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/66.html 2007-05-22T11:29:47-05:00 2007-05-22T11:29:47-05:00 SmartMediaToday XM Satellite Radio is teaming up with cable stalwart C-CPAN to provide a 24/7 channel dedicated entirely to the 2008 presidential campaign. It will be http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/67.html 2007-05-22T11:30:33-05:00 2007-05-22T11:30:33-05:00 SmartMediaToday A bipartisan group of US legislators representing the state of Illinois have fired off a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin on behalf of hometown http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/36.html 2007-05-24T10:46:59-05:00 2007-05-24T10:46:59-05:00 SmartMediaToday Broadcasters are among many trying to establish a presence on the Internet who see the recent Copyright Royalty Board decision on streaming compensation as a http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/16.html 2007-05-21T15:28:53-05:00 2007-05-21T15:28:53-05:00 SmartMediaToday Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) remained on the Pentagon's case last week, noting that it was continuing with its policy of blocking certain Internet sites from