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NYT Editorial: Concerns About Comcast-NBC Merger

[Source: The New York Times; December 6, 2009 ]With technology changing Americans’ media experience at breakneck speed, it might seem quaint to worry about the merger of an old-style cable company ...

Court Tosses FCC Cable Ownership Cap, Likely to Set Off Consolidation Harmful to Consumers

Since 1992, an FCC rule limited cable companies from controlling more than 30 percent of the pay TV market in the United States. The court has now vacated the entire rule, making media ...

Why Grantmaking on Media Policy Matters

By Becky Lentz, Assistant Professor, McGill University

$7.2 Billion Plan to Wire Rural America Holds Promise, Pitfalls

[Source: ChicagoTribune.com, By Rebecca Cole - February 22, 2009]

Broadband Connection Highs and Lows Across Rural America

[Source: The Daily Yonder, By Tim Murphy and Bill Bishop]

Media Democracy Fund Grantees Making a Difference in Digital TV Transition

Media Democracy Fund grantee the Main Street Project is among the many advocacy organizations working with underserved communities to navigate the Digital TV Transition (which was ...

ICT Policy and Technology Innovation in Africa

Eric Osiakwan presented this talk as part of the December 10, 2008, funder briefing in New York City by the African Grantmakers Affinity Group and GFEM. Eric is the Executive Secretary both of the ...

Welcome to the New World of Distribution

By Peter Broderick [Source: peterbroderick.com] (This article first appeared in indieWIRE, September 16 & 17, 2008)

For Grant Seekers

GFEM is not a funding organization. We do not offer grants or fundraising advice. GFEM's primary mission is to encourage our grantmaker colleagues to consider funding or increase their funding of ...

January Call with Mark Cooper, Notes and Audio

Lessons from '07, Opportunities for Election Year '08