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News :: Media |
Concentrated Media Sausage: Making Sense Out Of The FCC's Changes To Media Ownership Rules, The Congressional Attempts To Reverse Them, And What This Means In Our Local Media Environment |
by Paul Riismandel Email: paul (nospam) mediageek.org |
19 Jun 2003
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Just a little more than two weeks after June 2, whenthe Federal Communications Commission passed a set of rulings that loosened key media ownership regulations, the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees the FCC, approved a bill that would rescind many of these rulings.
In this article I try to make sense of the FCC's decision and the bill that came out of the Senate Commerce Committee on June 19. But to really put things in perspective I think you have to look at how these rules and bills affect our local media.
Unfortunately, almost nothing is ever written about our local media market, except here on the U-C IMC website and in the public i. So I also take a stab at figuring out what effect the FCC's new rules could have on our local media environment, and how the bill now entering Congress might change that situation.
I covered part of the local media analysis on the June 6 edition of the mediageek radio show, heard 5:30 PM Fridays on WEFT ( http://www.mediageek.org/radioshow.html ) and during an interview on the June 9 edition of IMC Radio News ( http://www.ucimc.org/newswire/display/12368/index.php ), heard 5:30 PM Mondays on WEFT. |
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News :: Protest Activity |
Circus Protest A Success: Pressuring Circus To Stop Animal Abuse And False Advertising |
by Matt Berry Email: info (nospam) dissectionchoice.org |
13 Jun 2003
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Circus protests June 9 and 10 at Champaign County Fairgrounds were a great success. Many would-be attendees turned around and left when protestors told them about Sterling and Reid Brothers' history of Animal Welfare Act violations and false advertising. |
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News :: Media |
IMC Radio News For 5-26-2003 |
by Clint Popetz Email: clint (nospam) ucimc.org |
27 May 2003
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Here is the audio of this week's IMC Radio News program, which aired 5-26-2003 at 5:30pm on 90.1FM WEFT, Community Radio.
This program includes:
(1) The first in a series of interviews focusing on people working locally to build community, entitled "Good to Know." This first interview is with UofI instructor Lydia Khuri, focusing on her attempts to create dialog between Israeli and Palestinian students on the UofI campus.
(2) Auntie Bees'Knees with a business update on globalization and privitization in Argentina, Germany, India, and Kosovo. |
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News :: Media |
IMC Radio News For 5-19-2003 |
by Clint Popetz Email: clint (nospam) ucimc.org |
23 May 2003
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Here is the audio of this week's IMC Radio News program, which aired 5-19-2003 at 5:30pm on 90.1FM WEFT, Community Radio.
This program included segments on:
(1) A report on the biodevestation conference and world agriculture forum held in St. Louis this past weekend.
(2) A report on attempts to create common ground at the UofI over the palestinian/israeli conflict.
(3) A tribute to departing activist Mary Lee Seargent. |
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News :: UCIMC |
Urbana Indymedia Center Seeks New Building In Response To Performance Space Closure |
by Zach Miller Email: zach (nospam) ucimc.org |
19 May 2003
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Here is the latest statement from the IMC Emergency Response Team regarding the recent closure of the IMC Performance Space. Please note that if every person reading this message donates $40 to the Capital Campaign that we will reach our fundraising goal and be able to buy a new building ASAP. |
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News :: Crime & Police |
What The Police Are Saying On St. Louis Coptalk. |
by Sascha Meinrath Email: sascha (nospam) ucimc.org |
16 May 2003
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This article contains the thread appearing on a public forum called St. Louis Coptalk (SLC). SLC is a forum that many St. Louis Police Officers utilize to discuss issues and topics. This thread, in particular, demonstrates a ethos of blatant disrespect and a willful interest in harming peaceful demonstrators. The entire thread is preserved along with links (in case more of it is removed from public viewing). This is incredibly scary stuff -- especially since some of the posts allude to information that has already been removed from the site and appears to have given names and addresses of various organizers and protestors. |
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News :: Media |
St. Louis IMC Raided By Police -- City Inspectors Sent To Look For Code Violations. |
by St. Louis IMC (via Sascha Meinrath) Email: sascha (nospam) ucimc.org |
16 May 2003
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St. Louis Police have raided the Community Arts and Media Project (CAMP) and the Bolozone, a St. Louis housing collective. The raids target participants of the Biodevastation7 conference and activists converging at the World Agricultural Forum. Observers at CAMP have reported that the St. Louis Police have handcuffed about 20 people, and City Inspectors accompanied by police are inspecting the building for violations. Ten people have been arrested at Bolozone. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights |
Hearing Set For Lesbian Discrimination Case Against Carle Foundation Hospital |
by Kimberlie Kranich Email: kakranich (nospam) yahoo.com |
14 May 2003
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The Urbana Human Relations Officer has found that there is enough evidence supporting a charge of discrimination based on sexual orientation against the hospital and a hearing has been set. |
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