Sinclair Further Downsizes Local TV News
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Public Radio's Advertising Creep
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"As its federal funding came under threat," U.S. National Public Radio increased its ad sales.
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Mexico's Corporate Media: Consolidation Knows No Borders
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"Money will define the right to communicate," warned media analyst Néstor Cortés, regarding a bill before the Mexican Senate that would likely further media consolidation in the country.
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On TV News, the Ads Never End (Part Two)
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"With TV stations facing increased competition and pressure on advertising revenue ...
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Local TV News May Be Hazardous to Your Health
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After studying health segments on 122 local television stations, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Michigan concluded, "Few newscasts provide useful information, and some stories with factually incorrect information and potentially dangerous advice were aired." Yet, "Americans rate television as their primary source of health information." The researchers noted "pervasive health stories" that aired in "more than 10 media markets" sometimes included "identical video," suggesting the use of
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Regime Change Part III: Iran
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"President Bush and his team have been huddling in closed-door meetings on Iran, summoning scholars for advice, investing in opposition activities, creating an Iran office in Washington and opening listening posts abroad," reports the Washington Post.
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Channel One: Zero Educational Value
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The Sorry State of U.S. News Media
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The Project for Excellence in Journalism's "State of the News Media 2006" study claims, "The troubles of 2005, especially in print, dealt a further blow to ...
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Wal-Mart's Blog Outreach-Turned-Ghostwriting
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Wal-Mart "began working with bloggers in late 2005 'as part of our overall effort to tell our story,' said Mona Williams, a company spokeswoman." Heading the blogger outreach is Marshall Manson, of the PR firm
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Pentagon OK's Propaganda for Iraq (and Possibly Elsewhere)
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Declaring it "within our authorities and responsibilities," the top U.S. general in Iraq, George Casey, announced that the Lincoln Group program that covertly places stories written by U.S.
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