Media Minutes: December 30, 2011
Series: Media Minutes
From: Stevie Converse Candace Clement
Length: 00:05:01
In our 2011 countdown of important media stories, an Appeals Court ruled against further media consolidation; the Senate slapped down an attempt to kill Net Neutrality; the Occupy movement highlighted how police mistreat journalists. The year is closing out with two big stories: AT&T’s epic fail to take over T-Mobile is a big win for wireless users, and Hollywood and Congress are conspiring to trample the First Amendment in the name of Internet piracy.
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In our 2011 countdown of important media stories, an Appeals Court ruled against further media consolidation; the Senate slapped down an attempt to kill Net Neutrality; the Occupy movement highlighted how police mistreat journalists. The year is closing out with two big stories: AT&T’s epic fail to take over T-Mobile is a big win for wireless users, and Hollywood and Congress are conspiring to trample the First Amendment in the name of Internet piracy.
Transcript
Media Minutes
Show Date: 12-30-11
Producers: Stevie Converse, Megan Tady & Candace Clement
TRANSCRIPT
Top Stories of 2011
It’s our tradition here at Media Minutes to wrap up the year with a countdown of some of the biggest media stories of 2011.
AT&T/T-Mobile Merger: The Public Interest Wins a Big One
We start with a saga that began in March when AT&T made a surprise $39 billion bid for T-Mobile. AT&T began to use its formidable lobbying power in Washington, spending nearly $12 million in the first half of the year. Approval of the merger seemed inevitable, even as consumer groups and media watchdogs weighed in against the deal, predicting lost jobs and higher prices.
As opposition mounted, a series of events dimmed the merger’s once-bright prospects. Nonprofit organizations and civil rights groups that had received money from AT&T were thrashed in the blogosphere and advocacy...
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