Dec 22 Regulators Approve News Corp.'s Takeover of DirecTV The Federal Communications Commission late Friday approved News Corp.'s $6.6 billion purchase of DirecTV, the nation's largest satellite television provider, a move critics say will lead to higher prices and less choices for consumers. Continue reading
Dec 19 Appeals Court Rejects Industry Attempts to Identify Music Downloaders A federal appeals court ruled against the recording industry's attempts to force the nation's Internet providers to identify subscribers suspected of illegally swapping music online, marking a major setback to the industry's anti-piracy efforts. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch Stopping E-mail Spam President Bush signed a bill Tuesday that seeks to stop spam from jamming people's e-mail accounts. Margaret Warner asks AOL Vice President Randall Boe and anti-spam activist John Mozena about the effectiveness of this new law. Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch On the Street: Iraqis' Reaction to the Capture of Saddam Hussein Terence Smith speaks with Time magazine correspondent Brian Bennett in Baghdad about Iraqis' reaction to the capture of Saddam Hussein. Continue watching
Dec 11 Attacks in Iraq Kill One U.S. Soldier, Injure Two Journalists Iraqi suicide bombers in a truck blew themselves up at the gates of a U.S. Army base in Ramadi on Thursday, killing one soldier and wounding 14 others. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch Central Casting in Local News Broadcasts More local newscasts are increasingly broadcast from the same location in Hunt Valley, Md. Terence Smith goes inside the studios of Sinclair Broadcast Group, which has been criticized for its consolidation that has taken the local out of local news. Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch Talking on the Web AT&T, Time Warner and Qwest all announced initiatives this week to offer long distance and local calling service using Internet technology. Ray Suarez discusses this cutting-edge telecommunications technology with Slate Magazine Media and Technology columnist David Bennahum. Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch Gay Marriage in Massachusetts Massachusetts' highest court last month ruled in a 4-3 decision that the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional and ordered the state legislature to come up with a solution within 180 days. The state's ruling has brought the legal… Continue watching
Nov 26 U.S. Accuses Two Popular Arab Networks of Working With Iraqi Insurgents Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday alleged that two leading Arab-language TV networks, Al-Arabiya and Al-Jazeera, were cooperating with insurgents in Iraq by videotaping attacks against coalition troops. Continue reading
Nov 25 White House, Congress Reach Compromise on FCC Rule Congress and the White House reached a compromise Monday night in an effort to avoid a presidential veto of a measure that would have rolled back a decision by the Federal Communications Commission to relax a key media ownership rule. Continue reading