{"article":{"id":26345,"heading":"Forum on Media Ownership at Columbia University","author":"Kyle Henry, Board Member AIVF","created":"2003-01-17 16:13:04","modified":"2003-01-17 23:40:06","last_modified":"Sat, 18 Jan 2003 06:40:06","article":"

Media ownership rules are under attack and could lead to massive deregulation, crippling the already paltry diversity of voices in mainstream media.

This event is being streamed live today! Check it out at:

http:\/\/www.law.columbia.edu\/news\/PressReleases\/media_forum.htm<\/a>

for info about the event.

AIVF (Association of Independent Film and Videomakers) has a summary including directions to the site at:

http:\/\/www.aivf.org\/advocacy\/columbia.html<\/a>

A column from yesterday's LA Times:

http:\/\/www.calendarlive.com\/cl-et-lowry15jan15<\/a>,0,485781.story

summarizes the issue in context.

yesterday's Senate testimony on the rules:

http:\/\/video.c-span.org:8080\/ramgen\/kdrive\/e011403_telecom.rm<\/a>

<\/p>\n","contact":"kyle@aivf.org","link":"http:\/\/www.law.columbia.edu\/news\/PressReleases\/media_forum.htm","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts at Columbia Law School will host a forum for a discussion of the Media Ownership Rules currently under review by the FCC,","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/01\/26345.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":26466,"heading":"FCC forum","article":"head over here\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/dc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=45974&group=webcast\r\n\r\nto get access to the entire program in mp3 format. It'll take me a while to upload, but if you see this message a few hours after I've posted here, the files should be over there","author":"ziggy","parent_id":26345,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-01-17 23:40:06","modified":"2003-01-17 23:40:06","fileurl":""}]}