GAO SAYS FCC LACKS JSA INFORMATION

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has been studying the recent actions by the FCC to restrict shared services agreements (SSAs) and ban most joint sales agreements (JSAs) between separately owned local television stations and concluded that the FCC didn’t have enough information to determine whether JSAs and SSAs were good, bad or whatever.

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The Detroit News reports a government website, safecar.gov, will launch on 8/20 over the objections of automakers, and will allow vehicle owners to submit VIN numbers to find out if there have been recalls issued on that vehicle. The paper notes some vehicles have had multiple recalls, and owners may not be sure if all defects have been fixed......

The singers from ABC’s new reality series Rising Star have been narrowed down to the top 13

After six weeks of competition, the singers from ABC’s new reality series Rising Star have been narrowed down to the top 13. Only eight will move on and five will be sent home in a special two-hour episode Sunday, August 3, at 9:00 pm (ET)……