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[News] MS[Microsft]NBC a 'Lobbying' Channel, Restrictions Under Fire

  • Subject: [News] MS[Microsft]NBC a 'Lobbying' Channel, Restrictions Under Fire
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:28:02 +0000
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Cable TV Shows Rife with Hidden Flacks and Lobbyists

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| Cable news networks like MSNBC, CNN, CNBC and Fox News 
| routinely use commentators who have financial conflicts 
| of interest that are undisclosed to viewers. Former 
| Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge, for example, appeared 
| on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, to discuss the 
| economic crisis.
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http://www.prwatch.org/node/8919

Senator Asks NBC to Explain Internet Restrictions

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| Senator Herb Kohl, Democrat of Wisconsin, 
| called on NBC Universal on Friday to explain 
| why it has limited access to some Internet 
| video from the Vancouver Games to subscribers 
| of the cable, satellite and telephone 
| companies that have Olympic deals with NBC.
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http://vancouver2010.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/senator-asks-nbc-to-explain-internet-restrictions/?ref=sports


Related:

Report: NBC wanted a cut of iPod revenue

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| A source familiar with NBC Universal's negotiations confirmed that the 
| company asked for a slice of iPod revenue but only after Apple refused to 
| budge on variable pricing.  
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http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9806737-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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