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John Anderson
A weekly review of news at the intersection of media and democracy.
In this week's program: SBC and Verizon successfully hijack a special session of the Texas legislature. The Federal Communications Commission releases a report touting U.S. broadband connectivity, but the report contains several flaws that paint a wildly misleading picture of the state of broadband access in America. Former FCC chairman Michael Powell lands a new job working as an advisor managing a $9 billion stock portfolio involving a variety of global media properties. Medialink Worldwide, the largest purveyor of audio and video news releases, lost more than $2 million during the first half of 2005. And a Fast Fact: The average American household now spends nearly as much time in front of the television as the average American spends at work.
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