July 10, 2005

Resources on media ownership and governance

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MEDIA POLICY ACTION DIRECTORY FIRST EDITION:
ORGANIZATIONS URGING FCC LIMITS ON MEDIA OWNERSHIP
A RESOURCE FOR ADVOCATES AND ORGANIZERS

By the Center for International Media Action http://www.mediaactioncenter.org

The Center for International Media Action (CIMA) is a nonprofit organization  working to strengthen connections among grass-roots organizations, public interest advocates, activists and researchers working on media issues. CIMA was founded in February 2003 by Catherine Borgman-Arboleda, Aliza Dichter and Seeta Peña Gangadharan with the support of the Ford Foundation.

Who's who in the vast and wide-ranging opposition to media how to contact them. This edition of the directory is available for download, use, printing and reproduction for noncommercial, nonprofit purposes. For any other uses, or to obtain a copy, write to: survey@mediaactioncenter.org . You can also visit their website at http://www.mediaactioncenter.org .

THE MEDIA POLICY ACTION DIRECTORY First Edition: Organizations urging FCC limits on media ownership ©2003 Center for International Media

Tools for media democracy advocates:

Future editions of this directory and additional advocacy tools will be available on the CIMA Website: http://www.mediaactioncenter.org

Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers: Media Advocacy Toolkit http://www.aivf.org/advocacy/toolkit.html

Center for Digital Democracy: Media Ownership Policy Site http://www.democraticmedia.org/issues/mediaownership/index.php

Center for Public Integrity: Media Ownership Database http://www.openairwaves.org/telecom/analysis/default.aspx

Center for Public Integrity: Telecommunications Policy Site
http://www.openairwaves.org/telecom

Columbia Journalism Review: Who Owns What?
http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/

Common Cause: Media Activist Toolkit
http://www.commoncause.org/publications/toolkit_complete.pdf

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: Telecommunications Policy Coverage
http://www.fair.org/media-woes/policy.html

Free Press: Media Ownership Project
http://www.freepress.net/content/ownership

I Want Media: Media Consolidation Headlines and News Archive
http://www.iwantmedia.com/consolidation.html

MediaChannel Global Media Ownership Chart
http://www.mediachannel.org/ownership/moguls-printable-150dpi.pdf

Media Channel: Media Ownership Coverage
http://www.mediachannel.org/ownership/

Media Tank: Media Ownership Overview
http://www.mediatank.org/ownership.html

PBS/NOW: Media Regulation Timeline
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/mediatimeline.html

Project for Excellence in Journalism: Media Ownership and Deregulation Site
http://www.journalism.org/resources/research/reports/ownership/deregulation2.asp

Prometheus Radio Project: A Media Activist Guide to the Federal Communications Commission http://www.prometheusradio.org/media_activists_guide.shtml