December was a busy month, so with out further ado... CHICAGO MEDIA ACTION NEWSLETTER: January 7, 2008 http://www.chicagomediaaction.org * Stop the FCC's evisceration of the TV/newspaper cross-ownership rule cold * Local documentary makers fight back against WTTW censorship, organize public media justice meeting at Columbia College January 17th, 5-7 p.m. * It’s a monster. Now under common management, Tribune and Local TV station groups now have 40 network affiliates * New FCC rules ignore crisis in minority media ownership * Copps: FCC mulling DTV transition test markets (1) UPCOMING EVENTS AND SUGGESTED ACTIONS * THROW OUT THE RULES The FCC approved new rules that will unleash a flood of media consolidation across America. The new rules will further consolidate local media markets -- taking away independent voices in cities already woefully short on local news and investigative journalism. Congress has the power to throw out these rules -- and if hundreds of thousands of people demand it, they'll have to listen. Sign the open letter to Congress urging them to stop the FCC and stand with the public interest. 3rd NEW goal: 250,000 Signatures. Take action: http://action.freepress.net/campaign/sbmopenletter You're not finished yet. http://stopbigmedia.com/ Audio: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's weekly radio show "CounterSpin": Josh Silver, executive director of Free Press on FCC cross-ownership ruling - http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3233 Interview: Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/mark_cooper_on_crossownership.php Video: December 13th 2007 Senate Commerce Committee hearing on FCC oversight - rtsp://video.webcastcenter.com/srs_g2/commerce121307.rm * Beyondmedia's Battle Windy City Times, Amy Wooten 2007-12-26 Beyondmedia Education is currently engaged in a censorship battle with Chicago public television station WTTW for its refusal to air Beyondmedia's award-winning documentary about prostitution in Chicago, "Turning a Corner". http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=17026 Beyondmedia, in partnership with Columbia College Chicago's Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media and Crossroads Fund, will hold a public media justice meeting Thursday January 17, 5-7 p.m. The event will take place at Columbia College Chicago, 218 S. Wabash, 7th floor, Room 713. Beyondmedia asks that individuals RSVP to beyond@beyondmedia.org or 773-973-2280. www.beyondmedia.org Hot Type: http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/hottype/071206/ Michael Miner's blog entry follow-up: http://tinyurl.com/233498 * New FCC rules ignore crisis in minority media ownership UNITY: Journalists of Color, representing more than 10,000 journalists, is calling for the public to get involved in turning back the FCC's December 18th vote to relax its newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule. http://sev.prnewswire.com/radio/20080102/DC1077202012008-1.html Article: http://tinyurl.com/yuso4c A House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee holds a hearing entitled "Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission: Media Ownership." 12/5/2007 3 hr. 24 min. C-SPAN video: http://tinyurl.com/2xgj6o (2) WHAT'S CMA BEEN UP TO LATELY? * CMA's Mitchell Szczepanczyk and Scott Sanders were interviewed for the inaugural episode of a New World Resource Center series of discussions with local activists. CAN-TV community TV playback schedule tba. * If you are curious about what happened at the December 7th CMA Tribune Tower singalong protest, here is a Youtube video and a report: Report: http://www.freepress.net/actionnetwork/node/314 Video: The FCC's 12 Days of Christmas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iksr_GRKArE (3) MORE ON THE TV/NEWSPAPER CROSS-OWNERSHIP RULE * Media Activists Ask FCC to Reconsider Tribune Waivers United Church of Christ, Media Alliance Also Against License Renewal for KTLA Los Angeles By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/2/2008 http://tinyurl.com/2tnqe5 * Does Congress Have the Resolve to Disapprove of Big Media? By Scott Sanders and Mitchell Szczepanczyk - Chicago Media Action 12/18/07 http://www.saveaccess.org/node/1951 * Public debate, empowered A really gross Chicago Tribune Editorial December 19, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/3afu63 December was a busy month, so with out further ado... CHICAGO MEDIA ACTION NEWSLETTER: January 7, 2008 http://www.chicagomediaaction.org * Stop the FCC's evisceration of the TV/newspaper cross-ownership rule cold * Local documentary makers fight back against WTTW censorship, organize public media justice meeting at Columbia College January 17th, 5-7 p.m. * It’s a monster. Now under common management, Tribune and Local TV station groups now have 40 network affiliates * New FCC rules ignore crisis in minority media ownership * Copps: FCC mulling DTV transition test markets (1) UPCOMING EVENTS AND SUGGESTED ACTIONS * THROW OUT THE RULES The FCC approved new rules that will unleash a flood of media consolidation across America. The new rules will further consolidate local media markets -- taking away independent voices in cities already woefully short on local news and investigative journalism. Congress has the power to throw out these rules -- and if hundreds of thousands of people demand it, they'll have to listen. Sign the open letter to Congress urging them to stop the FCC and stand with the public interest. 3rd NEW goal: 250,000 Signatures. Take action: http://action.freepress.net/campaign/sbmopenletter You're not finished yet. http://stopbigmedia.com/ Audio: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's weekly radio show "CounterSpin": Josh Silver, executive director of Free Press on FCC cross-ownership ruling - http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3233 Interview: Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/mark_cooper_on_crossownership.php Video: December 13th 2007 Senate Commerce Committee hearing on FCC oversight - rtsp://video.webcastcenter.com/srs_g2/commerce121307.rm * Beyondmedia's Battle Windy City Times, Amy Wooten 2007-12-26 Beyondmedia Education is currently engaged in a censorship battle with Chicago public television station WTTW for its refusal to air Beyondmedia's award-winning documentary about prostitution in Chicago, "Turning a Corner". http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=17026 Beyondmedia, in partnership with Columbia College Chicago's Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media and Crossroads Fund, will hold a public media justice meeting Thursday January 17, 5-7 p.m. The event will take place at Columbia College Chicago, 218 S. Wabash, 7th floor, Room 713. Beyondmedia asks that individuals RSVP to beyond@beyondmedia.org or 773-973-2280. www.beyondmedia.org Hot Type: http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/hottype/071206/ Michael Miner's blog entry follow-up: http://tinyurl.com/233498 * New FCC rules ignore crisis in minority media ownership UNITY: Journalists of Color, representing more than 10,000 journalists, is calling for the public to get involved in turning back the FCC's December 18th vote to relax its newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule. http://sev.prnewswire.com/radio/20080102/DC1077202012008-1.html Article: http://tinyurl.com/yuso4c A House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee holds a hearing entitled "Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission: Media Ownership." 12/5/2007 3 hr. 24 min. C-SPAN video: http://tinyurl.com/2xgj6o (2) WHAT'S CMA BEEN UP TO LATELY? * CMA's Mitchell Szczepanczyk and Scott Sanders were interviewed for the inaugural episode of a New World Resource Center series of discussions with local activists. CAN-TV community TV playback schedule tba. * If you are curious about what happened at the December 7th CMA Tribune Tower singalong protest, here is a Youtube video and a report: Report: http://www.freepress.net/actionnetwork/node/314 Video: The FCC's 12 Days of Christmas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iksr_GRKArE (3) MORE ON THE TV/NEWSPAPER CROSS-OWNERSHIP RULE * Media Activists Ask FCC to Reconsider Tribune Waivers United Church of Christ, Media Alliance Also Against License Renewal for KTLA Los Angeles By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/2/2008 http://tinyurl.com/2tnqe5 * Does Congress Have the Resolve to Disapprove of Big Media? By Scott Sanders and Mitchell Szczepanczyk - Chicago Media Action 12/18/07 http://www.saveaccess.org/node/1951 * Public debate, empowered A really gross Chicago Tribune Editorial December 19, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/3afu63 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: cma-mailing-list-unsubscribe@chicagomediaaction.org For additional commands, e-mail: cma-mailing-list-help@chicagomediaaction.org December was a busy month, so with out further ado... CHICAGO MEDIA ACTION NEWSLETTER: January 7, 2008 http://www.chicagomediaaction.org * Stop the FCC's evisceration of the TV/newspaper cross-ownership rule cold * Local documentary makers fight back against WTTW censorship, organize public media justice meeting at Columbia College January 17th, 5-7 p.m. * It’s a monster. Now under common management, Tribune and Local TV station groups now have 40 network affiliates * New FCC rules ignore crisis in minority media ownership * Copps: FCC mulling DTV transition test markets (1) UPCOMING EVENTS AND SUGGESTED ACTIONS * THROW OUT THE RULES The FCC approved new rules that will unleash a flood of media consolidation across America. The new rules will further consolidate local media markets -- taking away independent voices in cities already woefully short on local news and investigative journalism. Congress has the power to throw out these rules -- and if hundreds of thousands of people demand it, they'll have to listen. Sign the open letter to Congress urging them to stop the FCC and stand with the public interest. 3rd NEW goal: 250,000 Signatures. Take action: http://action.freepress.net/campaign/sbmopenletter You're not finished yet. http://stopbigmedia.com/ Audio: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's weekly radio show "CounterSpin": Josh Silver, executive director of Free Press on FCC cross-ownership ruling - http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3233 Interview: Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/mark_cooper_on_crossownership.php Video: December 13th 2007 Senate Commerce Committee hearing on FCC oversight - rtsp://video.webcastcenter.com/srs_g2/commerce121307.rm * Beyondmedia's Battle Windy City Times, Amy Wooten 2007-12-26 Beyondmedia Education is currently engaged in a censorship battle with Chicago public television station WTTW for its refusal to air Beyondmedia's award-winning documentary about prostitution in Chicago, "Turning a Corner". http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=17026 Beyondmedia, in partnership with Columbia College Chicago's Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media and Crossroads Fund, will hold a public media justice meeting Thursday January 17, 5-7 p.m. The event will take place at Columbia College Chicago, 218 S. Wabash, 7th floor, Room 713. Beyondmedia asks that individuals RSVP to beyond@beyondmedia.org or 773-973-2280. www.beyondmedia.org Hot Type: http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/hottype/071206/ Michael Miner's blog entry follow-up: http://tinyurl.com/233498 * New FCC rules ignore crisis in minority media ownership UNITY: Journalists of Color, representing more than 10,000 journalists, is calling for the public to get involved in turning back the FCC's December 18th vote to relax its newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule. http://sev.prnewswire.com/radio/20080102/DC1077202012008-1.html Article: http://tinyurl.com/yuso4c A House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee holds a hearing entitled "Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission: Media Ownership." 12/5/2007 3 hr. 24 min. C-SPAN video: http://tinyurl.com/2xgj6o (2) WHAT'S CMA BEEN UP TO LATELY? * CMA's Mitchell Szczepanczyk and Scott Sanders were interviewed for the inaugural episode of a New World Resource Center series of discussions with local activists. CAN-TV community TV playback schedule tba. * If you are curious about what happened at the December 7th CMA Tribune Tower singalong protest, here is a Youtube video and a report: Report: http://www.freepress.net/actionnetwork/node/314 Video: The FCC's 12 Days of Christmas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iksr_GRKArE (3) MORE ON THE TV/NEWSPAPER CROSS-OWNERSHIP RULE * Media Activists Ask FCC to Reconsider Tribune Waivers United Church of Christ, Media Alliance Also Against License Renewal for KTLA Los Angeles By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/2/2008 http://tinyurl.com/2tnqe5 * Does Congress Have the Resolve to Disapprove of Big Media? By Scott Sanders and Mitchell Szczepanczyk - Chicago Media Action 12/18/07 http://www.saveaccess.org/node/1951 * Public debate, empowered A really gross Chicago Tribune Editorial December 19, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/3afu63 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: cma-mailing-list-unsubscribe@chicagomediaaction.org For additional commands, e-mail: cma-mailing-list-help@chicagomediaaction.org December was a busy month, so with out further ado... CHICAGO MEDIA ACTION NEWSLETTER: January 7, 2008 http://www.chicagomediaaction.org * Stop the FCC's evisceration of the TV/newspaper cross-ownership rule cold * Local documentary makers fight back against WTTW censorship, organize public media justice meeting at Columbia College January 17th, 5-7 p.m. * It’s a monster. Now under common management, Tribune and Local TV station groups now have 40 network affiliates * New FCC rules ignore crisis in minority media ownership * Copps: FCC mulling DTV transition test markets (1) UPCOMING EVENTS AND SUGGESTED ACTIONS * THROW OUT THE RULES The FCC approved new rules that will unleash a flood of media consolidation across America. The new rules will further consolidate local media markets -- taking away independent voices in cities already woefully short on local news and investigative journalism. Congress has the power to throw out these rules -- and if hundreds of thousands of people demand it, they'll have to listen. Sign the open letter to Congress urging them to stop the FCC and stand with the public interest. 3rd NEW goal: 250,000 Signatures. Take action: http://action.freepress.net/campaign/sbmopenletter You're not finished yet. http://stopbigmedia.com/ Audio: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's weekly radio show "CounterSpin": Josh Silver, executive director of Free Press on FCC cross-ownership ruling - http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3233 Interview: Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/mark_cooper_on_crossownership.php Video: December 13th 2007 Senate Commerce Committee hearing on FCC oversight - rtsp://video.webcastcenter.com/srs_g2/commerce121307.rm * Beyondmedia's Battle Windy City Times, Amy Wooten 2007-12-26 Beyondmedia Education is currently engaged in a censorship battle with Chicago public television station WTTW for its refusal to air Beyondmedia's award-winning documentary about prostitution in Chicago, "Turning a Corner". http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=17026 Beyondmedia, in partnership with Columbia College Chicago's Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media and Crossroads Fund, will hold a public media justice meeting Thursday January 17, 5-7 p.m. The event will take place at Columbia College Chicago, 218 S. Wabash, 7th floor, Room 713. Beyondmedia asks that individuals RSVP to beyond@beyondmedia.org or 773-973-2280. www.beyondmedia.org Hot Type: http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/hottype/071206/ Michael Miner's blog entry follow-up: http://tinyurl.com/233498 * New FCC rules ignore crisis in minority media ownership UNITY: Journalists of Color, representing more than 10,000 journalists, is calling for the public to get involved in turning back the FCC's December 18th vote to relax its newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule. http://sev.prnewswire.com/radio/20080102/DC1077202012008-1.html Article: http://tinyurl.com/yuso4c A House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee holds a hearing entitled "Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission: Media Ownership." 12/5/2007 3 hr. 24 min. C-SPAN video: http://tinyurl.com/2xgj6o (2) WHAT'S CMA BEEN UP TO LATELY? * CMA's Mitchell Szczepanczyk and Scott Sanders were interviewed for the inaugural episode of a New World Resource Center series of discussions with local activists. CAN-TV community TV playback schedule tba. * If you are curious about what happened at the December 7th CMA Tribune Tower singalong protest, here is a Youtube video and a report: Report: http://www.freepress.net/actionnetwork/node/314 Video: The FCC's 12 Days of Christmas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iksr_GRKArE (3) MORE ON THE TV/NEWSPAPER CROSS-OWNERSHIP RULE * Media Activists Ask FCC to Reconsider Tribune Waivers United Church of Christ, Media Alliance Also Against License Renewal for KTLA Los Angeles By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/2/2008 http://tinyurl.com/2tnqe5 * Does Congress Have the Resolve to Disapprove of Big Media? By Scott Sanders and Mitchell Szczepanczyk - Chicago Media Action 12/18/07 http://www.saveaccess.org/node/1951 * Public debate, empowered A really gross Chicago Tribune Editorial December 19, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/3afu63