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FCC stories: 114 news summaries

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FCC OKs $24.7B Alltel Buyout to Private Group

But wireless carrier's new owner faces "unnecessary" restrictions, commish says

Oct 27, 07 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FCC approved a $24.7 billion takeover of Alltel yesterday, but not without imposing some restrictions on the deal and criticism from two of its top officials. Alltel, the nation’s fifth-largest wireless carrier, will now transfer its licenses to TPG Capital and GS Capital Partners, a subsidiary of... More »

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FCC • Goldman Sachs • telecom industry • acquisition • buyout • Universal Service Fund • Michael Copps • Kevin Martin • Little Rock, Arkansas • Alltell

Journal Deal Raises Red Flag With FCC

Commission member asks if deal serves public interest

Oct 26, 07 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - FCC commissioner Michael Copps would like to toss a monkey wrench into News Corp.’s Dow Jones takeover, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Copps, a Democrat, yesterday called for an inquiry to determine whether the deal suits the public interest and whether current rules sufficiently cover the situation. Chairman Kevin... More »

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television • newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • FCC • Wall Street Journal • Dow Jones • Fox • News Corp

FCC May Ease Rules on
Media Owners

Would allow firms to own newspapers and TV stations in same city

Oct 18, 07 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants to relax limits on media consolidation, starting with repealing the rule that a company cannot own a newspaper and television or radio station in the same city, the New York Times reports. The commission is split, with two Democrats opposed and three Republicans supporting, a... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Sam Zell • FCC • Tribune Company • Fox • Kevin J. Martin

'Wardrobe Malfunction' Busts Into Court

CBS challenges FCC
fine for Jackson Super Bowl mishap

Sep 12, 07 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Almost 4 years after Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl halftime show, a federal appeals court is being asked to decide whether the incident was indecent or a fluke. The FCC fined CBS $550,000; the network argues the penalty is out of line. It's also having... More »

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CBS • FCC • indecency • Janet Jackson • Justin Timberlake • wardrobe malfunction

Battle Brews Over Burns' 'War'

PBS stations unsure if airing doc's profanity will net fines

Aug 26, 07 6:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Words that start with “f-” and “s-” or end with “-hole” could spark fighting over a documentary that’s titled, appropriately, “The War.” PBS has a version of Ken Burns’ new film with expletives removed, but some stations want to show the real thing—even... More »

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television • film • FCC • PBS • Ken Burns • The War

Shareholders
OK Tribune Takeover

But analysts say
Zell's bid should
be lowered

Aug 21, 07 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Tribune Co.’s shareholders approved Sam Zell's $8.2 billion takeover today, nudging the publisher one step closer to private ownership. But some analysts remain skeptical that the deal will go through as planned—the company’s declining profitability since the April announcement has triggered speculation that the... More »

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Chicago Cubs • Sam Zell • FCC • Chicago • Tribune Company • shareholders • privatization • acquisition • takeover • Los Angeles Times • JPMorgan Chase

Microsoft Renews FCC Fight Over TV 'White Space'

New access to Web opens in 2009

Aug 13, 07 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Regulators won't OK Microsoft's plan to give consumers access to the Internet through unused TV airwaves, but the firm isn't taking no for an answer. The FCC has already nixed a protoype that caused static on existing broadcasts, but Microsoft says it now has a version that works, and a... More »

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television • technology • Google • Internet • Microsoft • Dell • FCC • airwaves • white space

FCC Ruling
to Test
Google Power

Techies’ lobbying tactics on wireless auction vex old guard

Jul 30, 07 9:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FCC will rule tomorrow on whether an upcoming airwaves auction will require its winner to build an open-access network, and the verdict will test Google’s lobbying prowess, the Washington Post reports. Google has been pushing the open network aggressively, to the chagrin of AT&T and Verizon, ... More »

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Google • FCC • Verizon • network • net neutrality • airwaves • AT and T

Google Stokes Wireless Competition With $4.6B Bid

Search giant set to buy wireless frequencies

Jul 22, 07 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google is poised to bid $4.6 billion in the upcoming federal auction of wireless frequencies,  to create a national broadband network that could challenge the dominance of companies like AT&T and Comcast. If Google's bid triumphs, the web search giant could expand into selling Internet, telephone and... More »

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Google • Internet • FCC • broadband Internet • wireless • network • auction • web • Eric Schmidt • wireless frequencies

Airwaves Sale to Break Open Cell Phone Biz

New access could loosen grip of
telecom giants

Jul 11, 07 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - An auction of government-owned frequencies could break open the cell phone industry and loosen the grip of giant telecom carriers, the Wall Street Journal reports. The FCC is likely to set aside a band of radio-spectrum frequencies for an open network free of restraints imposed by Verizon and AT&T.... More »

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Google • FCC • Verizon • radio spectrum • AT and T • WiFi

Appeals Court Rejects FCC Decency Rules

Broadcasters can't be punished for airing "fleeting expletives" 

Jun 5, 07 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Networks that accidentally air profanity got a major break from a US appeals court yesterday when the court  shot down an FCC regulation that punishes them for airing even "fleeting expletives." The court said some of the FCC's indecency rules were "divorced from reality" and sent them... More »

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television • FCC • censorship • Super Bowl • indecency • US Appeals court • appeal • Nicole Ritchie • Cher • Billboard Music awards • Janet Jackson • nipple slip • Fox

XM Fans Irate at Shock Jock Suspension

Opie & Anthony, kicked off airwaves,
now in trouble on satellite

May 17, 07 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fans of "The Opie & Anthony Show" cancelled their satellite radio subscriptions by the hundreds after XM slapped the shock-jock duo with a 30-day suspension earlier this week. Subscribers are accusing the station—which promises uncensored content—of pandering to the FCC so they won't block a pending merger... More »

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radio • satellite radio • Sirius • FCC • talk radio • Opie and Anthony • The Opie and Anthony Show • shock jocks • merger • XM Satellite Radio

Imus Will Sue CBS for
$40 Mil Left on Contract

Shock jock Won't Go Quietly

May 2, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Don Imus is off the airwaves but not finished fighting: He's hired First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus to help him sue CBS. Sources tell Fortune that Imus's five-year, $50 million contract guaranteed him a warning before his routinely foul mouth got him fired; without it, he may be owed the... More »

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radio • CBS • FCC • Don Imus • lawsuit • profanity

FCC: Shut Up and Fly

Regulators knock down plan to allow cell phone use in flight

Apr 4, 07 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chatty frequent-flyers were disappointed yesterday, as the Federal Communications Commission refused to lift its ban on cell phone use during flight. The two-year old proposal had prompted a massive outpouring from airline customers who called  airborne conversation  "a recipe for a lot of anger" and "torture." More »

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technology • cell phones • FCC • FAA • flight • airline • airplane

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