The Media Drop

Check out this CNN article about Guy Philippe, who you might know as the leader of the rebellion in Haiti to take out current President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
It seems that Philippe uses his satellite-driven Internet connection from the Hotel Mont Joli in Cap-Haitien, Haiti to check out what the current plans are from countries like the […]

[Read more →]

Sirius Satellite Radio announced yesterday that they would be providing traffic and weather information in the Top 20 U.S. markets by the end of this March. Their offering, entitled “SIRIUS FIRST TRAFFIC”, will be supported by Westwood One, who currently provides most of the traffic information over the radio.
Earlier this year, Sirius’ main competitor, […]

[Read more →]

The New York Post’s Michael Starr reports that Dennis Miller’s CNBC talk show is taking two weeks off to be “redone” by producer Steve Friedman.
According to the article, Miller’s show has averaged about 303,000 viewers in its timeslot at 9pm, a significant increase from the fourth quarter of 2003. I haven’t seen ratings for […]

[Read more →]

After reading Lionel Beehner’s article entitled “9,000 Google hits can’t be wrong - or can they?” in the Christian Science Monitor, I can’t help but agree on most of the issues involved. I’ve always thought that Google was the tool of the layman (at least in media terms) to finding out about anything and […]

[Read more →]

Atrios pointed out yesterday that Michael Savage is still on the Clear Channel airwaves, even through the recent dropping of Bubba the Love Sponge and Howard Stern made it seem like CC was making attempt to clear its stations of anything that is or has been considered indecent or offensive. I’d have to say […]

[Read more →]

Perhaps you’ve read about the ongoing issues with companies like Diebold and their advances towards electronic election systems. A lot of people were looking for the fix after the debacle in 2000’s Presidential election results from Florida - electronic or otherwise. It was the perfect opportunity for the electronic systems-makers to step in […]

[Read more →]

Check out the ucomics strip here at Rhetorica.
Gotta love humorists.

[Read more →]

Following the leads of Viacom and Clear Channel, Emmis Communications announced that they will be going “zero-tolerant” in the near future, mostly to stay away from the standards that the FCC is currently laying down.
I used to do some work with Emmis representatives on the print media side, so I’m somewhat familiar with this company. […]

[Read more →]

Thanks to Michele over at A Small Victory, we find out that at least one person at the FCC thinks some standards should apply to cable and satellite radio and television providers, just as they do to the “over the air” stations.
I’m trying to hold off on really just releasing my overall feelings on this […]

[Read more →]

Today’s interview takes a different direction from the last few, as I’ve been able to “unmask” someone who does their daily work with a pseudonym. Her name is Marisa Hoheb, but some of you might know her by Rachel, from the Rachel Speaks column at Media Life Magazine.
After my initial contact with “Rachel”, I […]

[Read more →]