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Entries tagged "FCC"

Dialing out radio static

Foreign investors can actively take stakes in radio licenses without violating the FCC's statutory restrictions.

Cable unlimited

Writing with biting sarcasm, federal appeals judges last month struck down federal limits on how many subscribers one cable operator can serve. The FCC had capped the limit at 30%.

Hail Caesar

Julius Genachowski takes over the FCC amid heaping praise from public advocacy groups. They may want to take a deep breath. Despite their great enthusiasm, the new chairman has worked for venture capital firms and Barry Diller's IAC, and there are some who say he still has to prove himself.

Clyburn's challenge

Mignon Clyburn's nomination to the FCC has set off alarms.

Network buys

As digital advertising rapidly evolves, a surge of dealmaking and consolidation begins, but like everything else in advertising, it's a little unclear what it all means.

Sirius XM

Liberty Media completed the second step in a plan to keep Sirius XM from defaulting on $172 million in convertible notes. Indeed, it seems to be part of a trend.

Change in a cold climate

The Democrats came to power with ambitious plans for the FCC. But how much of that agenda will fly in a deep recession?

Black and white and red all over

The newspaper industry was struggling before the economic slump. Now papers desperately try a variety of strategies, some to survive, others to prepare for a future that's still unknowable.

Happy returns

2008's top venture exit as proof of concept, and a VC presides at the FCC.

Economist in chief

The new president and his economic team face daunting issues that leave no time for dallying. Here are some clues for what to expect in the early days of the Barack Obama administration.