Topic: Jonathan Adelstein

Feds Give Broadband Stim Funds a Speed Boost

Organizations looking to get their hands on federal stimulus money earmarked for boosting broadband Internet expansion in the United States may be able to get their grants sooner. "This will get the funds out the door faster to stimulate the economy and ...

FCC improves DTV Web site

The Federal Communications Commission has revamped its DTV transition Web site in the hopes it can help more consumers prepare for the transition to digital television.. Over the next four years, the FCC, broadcasters and TV manufacturers were expected to prepare for ...
Obama wants FCC commissioner to lead Rural Utilities Service, with billions in stimulus moneyPresident Barack Obama wants FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein to be the new head of the Rural Utilities Service.The agency is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
The four major radio broadcasters and the Federal Communications Commission are putting the final touches on a payola settlement that will likely have many stations playing a different tune or two. Clear Channel Communications, CBS Radio, Entercom Communications and Citadel Broadcasting will ...

Events for Friday, September 26, 2008

Hank Sheinkopf discusses the presidential election and its impact on business at 5W Public Relations, 1120 Sixth Ave. Bill de Blasio holds a community meeting on saving neighborhood senior centers at Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St. 10 a.m. Denmark Prime ...
It's been a hard battle since the controversial XM (XMSR) and Sirius (SIRI) satellite radio merger was proposed in February 2007, and now it's finally going to be approved.. This week the FCC's vote was two to two, and ...

Why the Wild Trading in XM and Sirius

There's some wild trading going on today in shares of XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) and Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI).. Deborah Taylor Tate, a Republican, and Jonathan Adelstein, a Democrat.. Last week, Adelstein laid out the conditions under which he would vote ...

Has the FCC Gone Communist?

It's bad enough that the FCC is against free speech and the First Amendment. Get a load of commissioner Jonathan Adelstein's ridiculous conditions on the long, long, long overdue Siriux-XM merger: I'm a Sirius stockholder, a Sirius customer, and ...
So far there is still static, but a merger between XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio is getting clearer. The stocks were up after the Associated Press reported that Jonathan Adelstein, a member of the Federal Communications Commission, could give the ...
Offer from FCC's media reformer may lead to closure of satellite radio deal between XM and SiriusDuring his tenure at the Federal Communications Commission, Jonathan Adelstein has been a fierce critic of government policies that allow big media companies to get ...