Bloomberg and others are reporting that the bill is aiming to restore the 35 percent national TV audience cap as well as the ban on newspaper publishers’ buying broadcast stations in the same market. Read it here.

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What’s Lucindia Williams been up to?

by johnford on June 20, 2003

“Williams is living the rock ‘n’ roll life, even at age 50. There’s a new tattoo, a buff body toned by boxing class. She’s arguably at the peak of her musical powers, having just earned an enthusiastic thumbs-up from her toughest critic, her dad. Read it on MSNBC.

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Review of the new CD from Gillian Welch.

by johnford on June 20, 2003

Can you believe it… she used drums and even an electric bass! Oh the humanity!

The chances of a neo-folk revivalist actually taking a chunk of the Nashville pie should get worse than odds than winning at a poker machine in Biloxi. Yet despite what appeared to be an insurmountable obstacle, Gillian Welch has joined the ranks of the

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by johnford on June 20, 2003

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Fidel Castro prank call transcript.

by johnford on June 20, 2003

The translated transcript of an audiotape made of a prank phone call placed by Miami radio announcers Enrique Santos and Joe Ferrero on WXDJ-FM/Miami:

Olga: “One moment. It seems that they are establishing a communication through another line. Maybe we can establish a bridge. Explain this to the president.”

The DJs pretend to explain this to Chavez.

Recorded Chavez: “Yes, yes. Correct.”

Olga: “We’ve just made a communication. One moment President. You will hear some music but it’s only for a few seconds. It’s just to transfer you. One moment. I’m transferring you.”

Chavez: “Yes, yes. Of course.”

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