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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is directing federal agencies to look for ways to eventually share more of their radio airwaves with the private sector as the growing use of smartphones and tablets ratchets up the demand for spectrum,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it would nominate six people for U.S. ambassadorships, including three who were closely connected to President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. The move follows Obama's nomination of two...

The Koch brothers are firing back at former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt, who last week made a speech at UCLA in which he said he couldn’t “imagine anything good from the Koch family owning the Los Angeles Times."...

WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will order federal agencies to look for ways they can eventually share more of their airwaves with consumers and businesses that will need more of the spectrum for smartphones and tablets, the White...

Gannett Co.'s proposed acquisition of Belo Corp. is the latest in a slew of deals in the television industry. Last week, Media General acquired Young Broadcasting to create a company that will own 30 TV stations in 27 markets. In April, Sinclair...

Jun 13 (TheWrap.com) - Gannett announced that it will acquire all outstanding shares of Belo for roughly $1.5 billion, plus assume $715 million in existing debt, in a $2.2 billion deal that will make Gannett the nation's fourth-largest owner of major...

Jun 13 (TheWrap.com) - U.S. Sen. John McCain continued his campaign against pay-channel bundling on Wednesday, penning a letter to acting Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Mignon Clyburn pushing for the option to purchase individual pay...

Take my phone number, says Richard Young of Columbia. Please. Now that he's a spoofing victim, he wants everyone to know that even though his phone number might show up on your caller ID, it's not him. Scam artists have co-opted his number to call local...

You don't have to be Jewish to love comedian Allan Sherman. But if you are - and especially if you are a baby boomer - chances are he was a touchstone of your childhood. For a brief and shining moment in the early 1960s, the bespectacled, corpulent...

(Adds Google, Dish, Kapstone and others; updates Elan, JBS SA, ONGC, Marubeni Corp, Travelers Co) June 10 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2015 GMT on Monday: ** Google Inc is finalizing a deal to...

After the coffee. Before getting ready for the cable show in D.C. The Skinny: I'm flying to Washington tomorrow for the cable convention next week. I'm such a good soldier that I'll stay with family rather than a comfy hotel near the convention center....

Middlecreek COB   "All in the Master's Plan'" will be the message at the Middlecreek Church of the Brethren this week. It will be given by the Rev. John Stoner. The Rev. Linda Stoner will serve as worship leader.    The church will welcome singer/...