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• March 30, 2012

  SAG, AFTRA Members Approve Merger

  

  Members of the AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS (AFTRA) and SCREEN ACTORS GUILD (SAG) have overwhelmingly voted to approve a merger, creating a new entity, SAG-AFTRA. SAG members voted 82% in favor of the merger; AFTRA members favored … more »

• March 12, 2012

  Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem Call For FCC Action Against Rush Limbaugh Affiliates

  

  The weekend couldn't pass without more RUSH LIMBAUGH news, and JANE FONDA, GLORIA STEINEM and ROBIN MORGAN provided it with a column at CNN.COM SATURDAY calling for the FCC to revoke licenses of stations carrying LIMBAUGH's show as not operating "in … more »

• July 12, 2010

  Groups Weigh In With Proposals For Ownership Studies

  

  The FCC's ownership rules review drew comments from several parties last week, including the WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA - EAST, the AFL-CIO, a joint filing by groups led by the UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN and others, the … more »

• May 11, 2010

  ABC News N.Y., D.C. Union Members OK New Contract

  

  ABC NEWS employees represented by the WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA-EAST ratified their new contract with the network this week, voting by a 89%-11% margin to accept the three-year deal.  Newswriters, editors, desk assistants, production assistants, … more »

• April 21, 2010

  Sparse Turnout For FCC Tampa Cross-Ownership Workshop

  

  The FCC heard commentary from both sides of the cross-ownership debate at its workshop in TAMPA TUESDAY, but the public forum drew only about 35 members of the public, reports the TAMPA TRIBUNE's WALT BELCHER. BELCHER says that some of the 15 members of … more »

• April 13, 2010

  FCC Sets Agenda, Panel For Cross-Ownership Workshop

  

  The FCC's Media Bureau has announced the agenda for its APRIL 20th media ownership workshop, which will look at the impact of newspaper-television and newspaper-radio cross-ownership and the effect these combinations have on the quantity, quality, … more »

• July 26, 2007

  Writers Guild-East Calls For News Changes, Fairness Doctrine

  

  A report from the WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA EAST rips large media companies for "attacking" news unions and decreasing the quality of their news product, and calls for the reinstitution of the Fairness Doctrine. "The conglomerates have … more »

• October 3, 2006

  Ownership Consolidation Ripped By Speakers at FCC L.A. Hearing

  The FCC's LOS ANGELES-EL SEGUNDO open hearing TUESDAY to hear comments from the creative community and community activists on media ownership concentrated mostly on the effects of consolidation on network TV programming, but also touched on issues … more »