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• January 30, 2012

  Walter Isaacson Exits Broadcasting Board Of Governors

  

  Author and ASPEN INSTITUTE Pres./CEO WALTER ISAACSON has resigned as Chairman of the BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.  The WASHINGTON POST reports that ISAACSON, whose authorized biography of STEVE JOBS was a bestseller last year, said in his … more »

• March 8, 2011

  Video Shows NPR Exec Ripping Tea Party, Conservatives

  

  A conservative activist's hidden-camera video showing NPR SVP/Fundraising RON SCHILLER ripping the REPUBLICAN PARTY and Tea Party has led to a firestorm of criticism from conservative groups.  SCHILLER has left the network, although … more »

• January 12, 2011

  Jeff Gedmin Exits Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

  

  RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY Pres. DR. JEFFREY GEDMIN is exiting to join policy think tank LEGATUM INSTITUTE as CEO.  GEDMIN has been heading RFE/RL for four years, based in PRAGUE; he previously served as Director of the ASPEN INSTITUTE BERLIN, … more »

• April 16, 2010

  Blair Levin Exits FCC Broadband Initiative

  

  Just as the FCC's Broadband Initiative heats up, the program's Exec. Dir. BLAIR LEVIN has announced his exit on MAY 7th to join the ASPEN INSTITUTE as Communications and Society Fellow. LEVIN, former FCC Chief of Staff to then-Chairman REED HUNDT in … more »

• January 4, 2010

  Deals: Washington FMs, PA Noncomm; EMF Closes On WURK

  

  SOUTH BEND BROADCASTING, L.L.C. is selling KLSY/SOUTH BEND, WA to JODESHA BROADCASTING, INC. for $100,000. In other deals filed with the FCC, NORTHWEST INDY RADIO is transferring the construction permit for KEFL/WESTPORT, WA to GRAYS HARBOR INSTITUTE for … more »

• September 30, 2009

  Ex-FCC Chief Martin Joins Law Firm

  

  Former FCC Chairman KEVIN MARTIN is joining WASHINGTON law firm PATTON BOGGS as co-chairman of the firm's telecommunications policy practice, according to LEGAL TIMES. MARTIN, who will co-chair the department with JENNIFER RICHTER, has been serving as a … more »

• January 19, 2009

  What To Expect From FCC Under New Obama Chair

  

  For better or for worse, the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION has been defined of late by public-decency battles, from JANET JACKSON's Super Bowl nipple slip to BONO's F bomb at the Golden Globes to an underage sex party on CBS's 'NCIS,'" writes … more »

• January 15, 2009

  Martin To Exit FCC, Join Aspen Institute

  

  As expected, KEVIN MARTIN will resign as Chairman of the FCC on JANUARY 20 with the new OBAMA administration taking office. But now his next destination has been revealed, as the  ASSOCIATED PRESS reports that MARTIN will join THE ASPEN INSTIUTE, a … more »

• February 6, 2007

  Moonves: Bigger Indecency Fines 'Unfair'

  

  While CBS CORP. CEO LES MOONVES was telling a conference in NEW YORK that the tenfold increase in the maximum indecency fines is "unfair" and making broadcasters "more afraid of what they put on air," FCC Commissioner MICHAEL COPPS … more »

• February 5, 2007

  Gedmin Named To Head Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

  

  Former ASPEN INSTITUTE Director and NEW ATLANTIC INITIATIVE Exec. Dir. JEFFREY GEDMIN has been named President of RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY by the BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.  GEDMIN, who will start at RFE/RL in MARCH, replaces JEFFREY … more »