In both instances, the central issue is money -- largely in terms of the fees paid for subsequent use of an artist's work after the initial theatrical run of a film or the first broadcast of a television program.
Out of a total of approximately 260 broadcasts, Lou Dobbs Tonight featured these ideas on 71 programs, or more than one out of every four broadcasts -- and 39percentt of the programs on which he discussed immigration".
The special, titled Dream With Me In Concert, was the most broadcast program of the year on the PBS network.
The executive producer of "This American Life" said in a broadcast last week that most of the retracted program's content was true and corroborated by independent investigation.
He mostly avoids television except for news and rugby, though he does watch the occasional broadcast of "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," a program recommended by his adult children.
The agency put its "fleeting expletive" policy in place in 2004 after repeated instances of profanity by celebrities, including Cher, Nicole Richie and Bono, during the live broadcasts of awards programs.
The stricter policy followed several incidents that drew widespread public complaint, including Janet Jackson's breast-baring episode at the 2004 Super Bowl and repeated instances of profanity by celebrities, including Cher, Paris Hilton and Bono, during the live broadcasts of awards programs.
For decades the three or four major broadcast networks spawned most of the programming that filled up the TV dial.
If Murdoch is successful with Time Warner, it would create an entertainment giant responsible for a large chunk of the programming on broadcast and cable television.
The group contends that under federal law, radio stations do not have to pay fees to record labels when they broadcast over the airwaves and that such an exemption also covers the simultaneous broadcast of the same programming over the Internet.
