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DESCRIPTION: ***TAKE ACTION NOW***      Please Distribute\n\nPlease join us for a press 
 conference and generally noisy\n event on the steps of SF's City Hall - 
 Monday  May 6 Noon\n\nWITH\n\nWillie Ratcliff-Publisher SF Bayview, Bruce\n 
 Brugmann-Publisher SF Guardian, Davey-D - former PA\n director at 
 ClearChannel radio station KMEL-FM and others!\n\nMedia behemoth 
 ClearChannel Communications - one of the\n largest\nand  most criticized 
 media companies in the U.S. - isn't\n content with dominating the nation's 
 radio airwaves,\n billboards, and concert venues. On Monday, in a\n  
 precedent-setting case with national  implications, SF's\n Supervisors are 
 about to hand over gatekeeper status for\n the city's newspaper 
 distribution to\nClearChannel subsidiary Adshel - without so much as a\n 
 public\ncomment period.\n\nIt's troubling enough that elected 
 representatives would\n allow a for- profit corporation to determine 
 which\n publications can be distributed in public spaces, and to\n allow 
 them to profit from the process by posting\n advertising up to 18 feet long 
 on the backside of the\n kiosks. But the contract is just plain awful 
 in\nother ways too - it locks the city into  a 20 year contract\n with no 
 money at all from ClearChannel to pay for the\n administrative\ncosts of 
 the program.\n\nThis deal is not in the public's interest. It is bad for\n 
 our media landscape.\n\nWE DEMAND a slow-down of this process to include a 
 full\n public hearing on the implications of this law locally and\n 
 nationally, and testimony on ClearChannel's monopolistic\n and 
 anti-competitive policies (as thoroughly documented by\n Salon.com's Eric 
 Boehlert,\n\nCONTACT YOUR SUPERVISOR:\n\n Whether or not you can make it to 
 City Hall on Monday\n and Tuesday, PLEASE call or email at least two\n 
 supervisors AND TELL THEM NOT TO LET HUGE MEDIA\n CONGLOMERATES STRANGLE 
 INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN OUR CITY!\n\n Tom Ammiano, Tom.Ammiano@sfgov.org, 
 415-554-5144\n Chris Daly, Chris.Daly@sfgov.org, 415-554-7970\n Matt 
 Gonzalez, Matt.Gonzalez@sfgov.org, 415-554-7630\n Tony Hall, 
 Tony.Hall@sfgov.org, 415-554-6516\n Mark Leno, Mark.Leno@sfgov.org, 
 415-554-7734\n Sophie Maxwell, Sophie.Maxwell@sfgov.org, 415-554-7670\n 
 Jake McGoldrick, Jake.McGoldrick@sfgov.org,\n 415-554-7410\n Gavin Newsom, 
 Gavin.Newsom@sfgov.org, 415-554-5942\n Aaron Peskin, 
 Aaron.Peskin@sfgov.org, 415-554-7450\n Gerardo Sandoval,\n 
 Gerardo.Sandoval@sfgov.org,415-554-6975\n Leland Yee, Leland.Yee@sfgov.org, 
 415-554-7752\n\n\n\n#############################################################\nThis 
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 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/7153.php
SUMMARY:STOP CLEAR CHANNEL TAKEOVER OF NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTION IN SF
LOCATION:City Hall Steps facing Plaza (not Van Ness side)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/7153.php
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