Entries tagged "Martin"
A year-long investigation of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has found "egregious abuses of power," but apparently no outright rules violations....
Election Day is having an impact over at the Federal Communications Commission, which is delaying a vote on the controversial $28.1 billion purchase of Alltel Corp. by Verizon Wireless. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin scheduled a vote to approve the deal for 11 a.m., but Democratic commissioners have been holding it up in hopes of garnering additional conditions on the deal. The approval would be the last major OK by the FCC during the Bush administration, which has been a period of massive consolidation....
Roughly a year ago, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said he would take action that would ban programmers from bundling channels they were selling to cable companies. ...
While the distance between Philadelphia and Washington is less than 140 miles down Interstate 95, the federal appeals courts in the two cities are worlds apart when it comes to proposed rules on media mergers. And with the legal battle over the Federal Communications Commission's controversial limits on mergers one step closer to fruition, media companies and consumer groups are eagerly watching where the challenge will land next....
Demand for electric guitars once played by rock stars rises and falls, but collectors continue to push up the prices of the world's greatest fretted instruments, from Loar mandolins to Martin guitars.
