AT&T/T-Mobile Merger- Norcal Public Hearing on July 7th

The PUC hearing is proceding this month with a public participation workshop in San Francisco on Thursday July 7th at 6:00pm at 505 Van Ness Avenue. Please come down at 6pm for a press conference and speak your piece on why yet more media mergers don't serve your interests. Stats and fact sheets here.

Big Victory for Save KUSF

Against all odds, the scrappy community fighting to save the venerable SF college radio station, received word yesterday the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has called for further review of the license transfer, requesting additional documentation from the buyer, Classical Public Radio Network LLC.

Brown vs. EMA - Supreme Court Strikes CA Ban on Sales of Violent Games to Children

Cheering the decision were free expression advocates Future of Music Coalition and the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC). In a lengthy dissent, Justice Stephen Breyer invoked the inconsistencies between aggressive regulatory oversight on indecency/obscenity and the lack of it for excessively violent content.

March for Oscar Grant

This video by MA member Jonathan Nack records the opening moments of the Fruitvale march to mark the startingly early release from prison of Grant's killer, Johannes Mehserle.

What's Eating College Radio?

The Chronicle of Higher Education digs into the consolidation crisis within noncommercial radio, as college stations become the front line in the increasing standardization of the educational radio band.

MA's Children - What Our Members Are Doing

(This new newsletter feature briefly describes awesome things MA members are doing. Send your latest news to tracy@media-alliance.org and space permitting, we'll put it right here!)

Gar Smith, a founding member of MA and Editor Emeritus of Earth Island Journal, has recently published "Nuclear Roulette", the 5th in the International Forum on Globalization's series of "False Solutions" reports The 94-page report skewers the major pro-nuclear arguments of the atomic lobby (nukes are not "safe and green") and provides conclusive evidence that renewable energy technologies are already out-performing nuclear reactors. Hard copies are available for $16 plus $3 postage.

Stay Tuned for a September Media Alliance Mixer / Annual Meeting

Date and location TBD, but coming soon.

Take the Press in Your Hands - Press Lists and How-To Guides for the People

Pick up a press list and a how-to guide today for everything you need to get your message out with minimal time and money. The Media How-To Guide tells you how and the Northern and Southern California press lists give you contact info for print, radio, and television throughout the state - for a pittance.

Towards peace and justice,

Tracy

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