Jul 23 House Approves Roll Back of New Media Ownership Rule The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to block new media ownership regulations recently adopted by the Federal Communications Commission that would ease the limits on how many television stations media companies may own. Continue reading
Jul 21 Suicide of BBC Source Leads to Public Inquiry The investigation continues surrounding the suicide of the British Defense Ministry weapons adviser who was the British Broadcasting Corporation's main source for a story alleging Tony Blair's government had "sexed up" intelligence on Iraq's weapons. Continue reading
Jul 17 U.S. Accuses Cuba of Jamming Broadcasts to Iran The U.S. government and corporate officials have accused Cuba of jamming U.S.-based satellite broadcasts of news and other information into Iran. Continue reading
Jul 16 Congress Moves to Overturn New Media Ownership Rules A House committee on Wednesday voted to roll back a key part of new media ownership regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission last month. Continue reading
Jul 14 New York Times Names New Executive Editor The New York Times named Bill Keller, a former Times managing editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, as its new executive editor on Monday, six weeks after the newspaper's top editors resigned amid a plagiarism scandal. Continue reading
Jul 07 U.S. Begins TV Broadcasts to Iran The U.S. government launched a new Persian-language television broadcast in Iran on Sunday, beaming 30-minute nightly newscasts to the millions of Iranians watching satellite television. Continue reading
Jul 03 FCC Releases New Media Ownership Rules The Federal Communications Commission late Wednesday published its final report on the revised media ownership rules, even as lawmakers and consumer rights groups announced various plans aimed at making sure the new rules never take effect. Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch Editorial Views: Elusive Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq Terence Smith discusses the importance of the thus far unsuccessful search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq with four editorial page writers from across the country. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Russian Media Crackdown Terence Smith discusses the recent closure of Russia's last independent TV broadcaster, TVS, and the Russian parliament's proposed bill to restrict press coverage of the upcoming elections with Ellen Mickiewicz and Yevgeny Kiselyov. Continue watching
Jun 30 BBC Reporter Threatens to Sue British Minister for Libel BBC correspondent Andrew Gilligan said he would sue Phil Woolas, the Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, over the allegation that he "misled" a parliamentary inquiry into Prime Minister Tony Blair's intelligence to make its case for the Iraq… Continue reading