http://dir.salon.com/topics/media_borg/?source=rss&aim=media_borg en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:03:00 PST By Eric Boehlert Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/03/12/stern/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/03/12/stern/index.html?source=rss The raunchy jockey is mobilizing his army of listeners against Bush -- and they could make a difference in November. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/31/fcc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/31/fcc/index.html?source=rss Reed Hundt says Monday's historic vote was "the culmination of the attack by the right on the media." By Meredith Hobbs Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/05/29/fcc_hearing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/05/29/fcc_hearing/index.html?source=rss In Atlanta, at the last "unsanctioned" FCC hearing organized by dissident commissioners, Big Media gets small support. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/05/22/fcc_blackout/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/05/22/fcc_blackout/index.html?source=rss Surprise, surprise: The TV networks that will benefit from the new FCC rules on media ownership have been keeping their viewers in the dark about the changes. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/05/21/web_vs_big_media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/05/21/web_vs_big_media/index.html?source=rss FCC czar Michael Powell says new technologies will let diversity flourish even as giant corporations consolidate their control over TV and newspapers. Dream on. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/04/24/univision/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/04/24/univision/index.html?source=rss If the FCC allows the two biggest Spanish-language media companies in the U.S. to merge, it'll create a media conglomerate that will dwarf all competitors -- and could help GOP-friendly radio titan Clear Channel deliver Hispanic votes for Bush in '04. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/02/19/clear_channel_deregulation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/02/19/clear_channel_deregulation/index.html?source=rss The sorry state of the radio industry today is sabotaging FCC chairman Michael Powell's plans to let media conglomerates run wild. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2003/01/14/case/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2003/01/14/case/index.html?source=rss I don't know -- I'll have to check AOL's stock price and get back to you. By Jeffrey Benner Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/06/07/broadband/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/06/07/broadband/index.html?source=rss How the FCC is paving the way for a few big companies to control everyone's high-speed Internet access. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/08/06/powell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/08/06/powell/index.html?source=rss FCC chairman Michael Powell, Colin's smooth, ambitious son, has never met a media merger he didn't like. By Kevin Berger Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/07/19/book_reviews/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/07/19/book_reviews/index.html?source=rss Enthralled by marketing surveys, the newspaper industry's managerial caste has decreed that readers want more space devoted to the Backstreet Boys than to books. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/28/telecom_dereg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/28/telecom_dereg/index.html?source=rss The Telecommunications Reform Act handed over control of the radio airwaves to a chosen few. Will TV be next? By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/26/locking_up_the_web/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/26/locking_up_the_web/index.html?source=rss Like "Star Trek's" all-powerful Borg, AOL and Microsoft are determined to crush the spirit of online independence. Is resistance futile? By   Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/26/borg_intro/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/26/borg_intro/index.html?source=rss Introducing Salon's new series on the corporate consolidation of the information industries.