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John Anderson
A weekly review of news at the intersection of media and democracy.
In this week's program: The practice of payola in radio broadcasting is back in the spotlight following SonyBMG's settlement with the state of New York over an investigation that uncovered massive bribery. Although the Supreme Court ruled file sharing services could theoretically be held liable for the trading of copyrighted material, software developers are testing advancements to make it harder for the movie and music industries to track the activity. This year the FCC's been quiet on the indecency front, but that may be about to change. Fox News may be coming to a TV station near you. Major players in the cell phone business shrink from five to four. And a Fast Fact: Ad buyers hate media consolidation.
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