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Coalition to President Obama: Comcast-NBC merger must be a "rigorous regulatory process"

Submitted by New Media Rights on Tue, 10/05/2010 - 09:48

This week the Coalition for Fair Media published an open letter to President Obama urging a "rigorous regulatory process" of the Comcast-NBC merger. The Coalition consists of New Media Rights and 23 other diverse groups including public interest groups and private organizations standing up for heavy scrutiny of the merger. To read more about the harms of the merger read Art Neill's op-ed on why the merger matters for San Diegans and Mera's overview of Comcast-NBC merger.

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Why the Comcast-NBC Merger Matters in San Diego

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Submitted by art neill on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 14:13

The Comcast-NBC merger has local implications in San Diego. Make sure to contact your Congressperson today and tell them that the merger should be closely scrutinized, and as proposed is bad for consumers, creators and our local and national media landscape!

“Comcast eats GE, NBC owned by cable provider” by Flickr user Avatar/ΣΙΓΜΑ used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license

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Exploring new experiments in journalism: Newsday paywall fails, while Spot.us lets readers decide what news to pay for

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Submitted by Mera Szendro Bok on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 10:15

Are paywalls working? Or are there other experiments out there finding solutions to journalism's funding dilemma? New Media Rights covers the Newsday paywall failures, and explores on an innovative journalism venture based here in California, Spot.us.

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