Send Medianews mailing list submissions to
[email protected]
To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
http://twiar.org/mailman/listinfo/medianews_twiar.org
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can reach the person managing the list at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of Medianews digest..."
Today's Topics:
1. Longtime President of CBS Dies at 98 (Williams, Gregory S.)
2. Russia-China space pact won't include key technology
(George Antunes)
3. Russia Won't Transfer Space Technology to China
(Williams, Gregory S.)
4. James Brown owned Knoxville station (Williams, Gregory S.)
5. Internet 'fast lane'? Not so fast (George Antunes)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Message: 1
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:36:40 -0800
From: "Williams, Gregory S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Medianews] Longtime President of CBS Dies at 98
To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Message-ID:
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/25/D8M82V680.html
Frank Stanton, a broadcasting pioneer and CBS president for 26 years who
helped build its TV operation into the "Tiffany network," has died at the
age of 98.
Stanton died in his sleep at his Boston home on Sunday, said longtime friend
Elisabeth Allison.
"He took an afternoon nap and never woke up," Allison said, her voice
chocking with grief.
Stanton helped CBS evolve from a modest chain of radio affiliates to a media
powerhouse that includes a music label.
He also helped craft the network's television news operation into a
respected and influential information source.
He endured a long and sometimes tense association with CBS founder William
S. Paley.
Stanton got his first taste of marketing while working after school at a
men's clothing store in Dayton, Ohio.
Later, his studies at the Ohio State University led him to devise a
scientific method for measuring radio audiences _ and he invented the
forerunner of what A.C. Nielsen would one day use to gather ratings.
In 1934 CBS invited Stanton to New York City to explain his technique. He
stayed on, building a three-person research office into a 100- strong
department.
Stanton rose swiftly through the ranks at CBS, becoming president in at the
age of 38, when Paley resigned to become chairman.
Stanton, whose wife died more than a decade ago, has no immediate survivors,
Allison said.
"His explicit instructions were there should be no memorial service of any
sort and that no contribution in his name should be suggested," Allison told
The Associated Press.
Gregory S. Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
Message: 2
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:05:24 -0600
From: George Antunes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Medianews] Russia-China space pact won't include key
technology
To: [email protected]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID:
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
Russia Won't Transfer Space Technology
Dec 26, 2006 1:24 PM (ET)
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Associated Press
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20061226/D8M8MI6G0.html
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia will cooperate with China on space projects, but will
not transfer sensitive technologies that could enable Beijing to become a
rival in a future space race, the head of Russia's space agency said Tuesday.
Anatoly Perminov, chief of Russia's Federal Space Agency, said Moscow and
Beijing would cooperate in robotic missions to the moon. He added, however,
that Russia would maintain restrictions on sharing technology.
Russia sold China the technology that formed the basis of its manned space
program, which launched its first astronaut in 2003 and two others in 2005.
The Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft closely resembles the Russian Soyuz.
"The Chinese are still some 30 years behind us, but their space program has
been developing very fast," Perminov said at a news conference. "They are
quickly catching up with us."
The next Chinese manned space flight is due next year. China also wants to
send up a space station and land a robot probe on the moon by 2010.
Perminov said that Russia would cooperate with China in space exploration
strictly within the framework of a bilateral agreement that doesn't
envisage exporting Russian space technologies.
"We aren't transferring any technologies to China now," Perminov said.
"This issue has been under special control of the government."
He said some Russian scientists who violated the ban have been punished -
an apparent reference to Valentin Danilov, a physicist who was convicted of
spying for China in 2004. Danilov pleaded innocent in the case, saying the
information on satellites he provided was not classified and that he had
published some of it in scientific magazines.
"For China, whose economy has seen an immense growth, its space program has
been one of the top national priorities," he said. "They are spending much
more on space compared to Russia ... and their space industries employ many
times more the number of scientists and workers than Russia's."
After decades of rivalry, Moscow and Beijing have developed what they call
a strategic partnership since the 1991 Soviet collapse, pledging their
adherence to a "multipolar world," a term that refers to their opposition
to the perceived U.S. domination. China also has become a top customer for
Russia's weapons industries, purchasing billions of dollars worth of jets,
missiles, submarines and destroyers.
But despite the burgeoning bilateral ties, some Russian politicians and
political experts have voiced concern that China's growing could eventually
threaten Russia and pointed at a growing flow of Chinese migrants to
Russia's sparsely-populated Far East.
Perminov said Russia led the world in the number of space launches this
year, accounting for about 24 of the world's total of 65 space launches so
far - about 40 percent and ahead of the United States, which he said had a
28 percent share.
================================
George Antunes, Political Science Dept
University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204
Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927
antunes at uh dot edu
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:03:21 -0800
From: "Williams, Gregory S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Medianews] Russia Won't Transfer Space Technology to China
To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Message-ID:
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/26/D8M8MI6G0.html
Russia will cooperate with China on space projects, but will not transfer
sensitive technologies that could enable Beijing to become a rival in a
future space race, the head of Russia's space agency said Tuesday.
Anatoly Perminov, chief of Russia's Federal Space Agency, said Moscow and
Beijing would cooperate in robotic missions to the moon. He added, however,
that Russia would maintain restrictions on sharing technology.
Russia sold China the technology that formed the basis of its manned space
program, which launched its first astronaut in 2003 and two others in 2005.
The Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft closely resembles the Russian Soyuz.
"The Chinese are still some 30 years behind us, but their space program has
been developing very fast," Perminov said at a news conference. "They are
quickly catching up with us."
The next Chinese manned space flight is due next year. China also wants to
send up a space station and land a robot probe on the moon by 2010.
Perminov said that Russia would cooperate with China in space exploration
strictly within the framework of a bilateral agreement that doesn't envisage
exporting Russian space technologies.
"We aren't transferring any technologies to China now," Perminov said. "This
issue has been under special control of the government."
He said some Russian scientists who violated the ban have been punished _ an
apparent reference to Valentin Danilov, a physicist who was convicted of
spying for China in 2004. Danilov pleaded innocent in the case, saying the
information on satellites he provided was not classified and that he had
published some of it in scientific magazines.
"For China, whose economy has seen an immense growth, its space program has
been one of the top national priorities," he said. "They are spending much
more on space compared to Russia ... and their space industries employ many
times more the number of scientists and workers than Russia's."
After decades of rivalry, Moscow and Beijing have developed what they call a
strategic partnership since the 1991 Soviet collapse, pledging their
adherence to a "multipolar world," a term that refers to their opposition to
the perceived U.S. domination. China also has become a top customer for
Russia's weapons industries, purchasing billions of dollars worth of jets,
missiles, submarines and destroyers.
But despite the burgeoning bilateral ties, some Russian politicians and
political experts have voiced concern that China's growing could eventually
threaten Russia and pointed at a growing flow of Chinese migrants to
Russia's sparsely-populated Far East.
Perminov said Russia led the world in the number of space launches this
year, accounting for about 24 of the world's total of 65 space launches so
far _ about 40 percent and ahead of the United States, which he said had a
28 percent share.
Gregory S. Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 15:59:39 -0800
From: "Williams, Gregory S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Medianews] James Brown owned Knoxville station
To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Message-ID:
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_5237223,00.htm
l
James Brown owned Knox station
By News Sentinel staff
December 26, 2006
Count Knoxville as playing a part in the father of funk's colorful career.
Old-timers will recall that James Brown, who performed often here in the
early 1960s, bought radio station WGYW in 1967 and renamed it WJBE, for
James Brown Enterprises.
The station, 1430AM began broadcasting in 1968, mixing hard-core soul with
news updates. It billed itself in ads as "WJBE 1430, Raw Soul, Another James
Brown Station."
WJBE started downtown in the Farragut Hotel before moving to McCalla Avenue
in the Five Points neighborhood and then to Prosser Road. While on McCalla,
the station featured a large window where passers-by could wave to on-air
personalities.
The station also was known through the years for taking editorial stands on
local and national civil-rights issues that rankled some in the community.
On Dec. 10, 1972, Brown and his entourage were involved in a fight with
Knoxville Police Department officers after a show at the Knoxville Civic
Coliseum.
Some witnesses said people in Brown's party were using profanity and had
refused to leave the Coliseum after a show. Others blamed a police officer
for starting the fight, pulling Brown's aides from a car and using a racial
epithet.
Brown and two assistants were charged with assaulting a police officer and
disorderly conduct.
That spurred hundreds of protesters, who marched a week later to the Safety
Building, demanding the firing of three officers involved in the
confrontation.
Brown and his group filed a $2 million civil-rights suit against the
officers and the city. Authorities later dropped charges against Brown and
his group. The performer lost his federal lawsuit in 1974.
After WJBE suffered a series of legal setbacks in the 1970s, Brown sold it
in 1979.
He stayed away from Knoxville for many years after the ugly run-in with
police. By May 2000, however, Mr. Dynamite and the city were ready to make
up.
Brown headlined a "Hot Summer Nights" concert that month at the Chilhowee
Park Amphitheater. Then-Mayor Victor Ashe welcomed him back with a
proclamation and a key to the city.
Gregory S. Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:31:31 -0600
From: George Antunes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Medianews] Internet 'fast lane'? Not so fast
To: [email protected]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID:
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
Internet 'fast lane'? Not so fast
By Anne Broache
News.com
December 25, 2006
http://news.com.com/Year+in+review+Internet+fast+lane+Not+so+fast/2009-1028_3-6136798.html?tag=nefd.top
Debate over Net neutrality transformed in 2006 from a below-the-radar
murmur into a divisive political rallying cry complete with YouTube videos,
online petitions, television and newspaper ads, and even a Capitol Hill
appearance by pop musician Moby.
It started more than a year ago when big telecommunications executives
proclaimed that Google and their ilk should no longer expect "free rides"
on telecom broadband pipes. In turn, disturbed by what they deemed an
unprecedented "fast lane" for the highest-bidding online content makers,
Internet companies began nudging Congress for action, and consumer groups
soon followed suit.
Thus, the great Net neutrality debate of 2006 was born. Derided as "Net
neutering" by opponents of the proposed regulations and trumpeted as
"Internet freedom" by proponents, Net neutrality is the idea that broadband
providers should not be allowed to prioritize Internet content shuttled
across their systems.
Fans of regulations, including Google, Amazon.com and eBay, say companies
like Verizon and Comcast shouldn't be allowed to charge YouTube, for
instance, extra fees for the privilege of having its videos delivered more
speedily than Revver.com's. But foes of new laws, mostly network operators
and makers of networking hardware, say companies need the option of
offering multitiered services to help pay for vast investments in their
infrastructure. They also maintain they generally have no plans to stymie
or degrade any subscriber's Net usage.
When the telecom execs began stirring up trouble for Internet companies,
both chambers of Congress happened to be in the midst of pondering rewrites
to the nation's communications laws, designed to reflect the Net's
unforeseen prominent role in society. No new law was sent to the
president's desk this year, and Net neutrality was a major reason why.
The first, and arguably most aggressive, attempt at satisfying Net
neutrality advocates surfaced in March. Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat,
touted his Internet Non-Discrimination Act as a means of requiring "equal
treatment" of all Internet content.
Wyden's proposal never went anywhere but foreshadowed a partisan split on
the issue. With the exception of Maine Republican Olympia Snowe in the
Senate, Democrats tended to back legislation proposing the sort of
antidiscrimination rules sought by Internet companies.
Most Republicans who voiced opinions on the issue said they remained
unconvinced that a regulatory approach was appropriate. They said market
forces and consumer outcry would be a strong enough incentive against
discrimination by network operators and sympathized with telephone and
cable companies that believed new laws were premature without further proof
of real-world problems.
The House ultimately backed that limited approach in June when it rejected
a Democratic-backed amendment aimed at installing stricter regulations in a
final iteration of the Energy and Commerce Committee's communications bill.
After cycling through a number of drafts of its own, the Senate Commerce
Committee, too, ultimately shot down stricter Net neutrality regulations.
But the 11-11 vote against that amendment, which occurred a few weeks after
the House took action, promised to set the stage for a heated Senate floor
debate.
That never happened--in part because of an abbreviated election-year
schedule, and in part because Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (of
"the Internet is a series of tubes" fame) wasn't sure he could muster the
60 votes necessary to block a filibuster of the bill.
Now that the Democrats are set to take charge of both chambers, Net
neutrality advocates say they're optimistic that their priorities will be
transformed into law. Opponents of the regulations, not surprisingly, would
beg to differ.
================================
George Antunes, Political Science Dept
University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204
Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927
antunes at uh dot edu
------------------------------
_______________________________________________
Medianews mailing list
[email protected]
http://twiar.org/mailman/listinfo/medianews_twiar.org
End of Medianews Digest, Vol 134, Issue 1
*****************************************
