Brian Bannon

Changes at Axios.
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WABE Team Photo

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Then just let Cox pay for it and have the public fund Independent media.

Greg Bluestein covered GPB as a state agency, then became one of its radio stare when it stole WRAS, then got a show on WABE which the AJC pulled in Feb ahead of the rescission fight.

Again, incestuous media is not independent media.

Is WABE still going to be subservient to Cox after all this?

Uh, WABE's thank you email after its post rescision pledge drive uses a "WABE Team" photo that includes Atlanta Journal-Constution reporters.

I know nobody in Atlanta takes conflicts of interest seriously when Cox media outlets are incolved but come on already.

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But Atlanta's the urban forest. Media elites.

I think it's Cape Fear for Apple TV.

I don't make long-term plans. I prefer the day to day. To see what's being painted on the wall.

My LinkedIn picture isn't shiny and happy, it's from my mother's funeral.

We are still meant to be here.
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George Levert is a retired venture capitalist with more than two decades of experience in technology investment. He was a Founding Partner of Kinetic Ventures, where he led investments in telecommunications, network automation, and internet technologies. He served on the boards of more than a dozen venture-backed companies, including Metricom, Pathfire, and Proficient Networks. Prior to his career in venture capital, he held roles with Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Accenture, Boeing, and the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps during the Vietnam War. Levert holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Louisiana Tech University and an M.S. in management from Georgia Tech. He has served on numerous civic and nonprofit boards, including the Georgia Tech Foundation, Catholic Charities of Atlanta, the Atlanta Opera, and the American Red Cross. He is also a former board member of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and the Museum of the American Indian. Levert has endowed multiple scholarships and leadership awards and remains active in philanthropic, educational, and faith-based organizations. He and his wife, Dale, live in Atlanta and have two sons and two granddaughters.

"George Levert is a retired venture capitalist with more than two decades of experience in technology investment. He was a Founding Partner of Kinetic Ventures, where he led investments in telecommunications, network automation, and internet technologies."

"He has served in senior advisory roles for high-profile public officials, including Florida Governors Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis, and in Georgia for Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones, Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper, Congressman Mike Collins, and Speaker of the House Jon Burns."
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From the press release announcing Kemp's new appts.
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"Stephen Lawson is a principal in Dentons’ Regulatory, Public Policy, and Government Affairs practice in Atlanta, with nearly 15 years of experience in public affairs, communications, and political strategy...
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"The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package..."

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Men putting droopy, stringy things on trees to make them more tropical.

Springvale Park Historic Marker.

Set dressing on Euclid Ave. Atlanta for Savannah.

Next to Springvale Park.

Daytime in the Garden of Manigault's Brigade.
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Amid ongoing investigations of an alleged $140 million Ponzi scheme involving Georgia Republicans and pushed by right-wing radio hosts, the AJC has an interview with one of the hosts, their corporate cousin Erick Erickson, and ask him about ... his new afternoon YouTube show.

HD radio screen showing song title Dunning Kruger's Loser Cruiser by Tropical F Storm.

New song about Teslas?

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Fox 5 Atlanta Newsletter with "Headline Goes Here" instead of headline.

Clickbait headline.

Techdirt joins the Axios critique.

Origin Stories Cox Enterprises, the company that’s dominated Atlanta local media for generations, celebrated the 125th anniversary of its founding this past August. While low-key in Atlanta, the occasion prompted…

"Journalism, for all its trappings of public service and being central to democracy, can also build empires."

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I've argued Cox-owned Media outlets have been holding back Dems in Georgia for awhile.

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Caution tape.

Carr was on a "local programmer" yesterday who was pushing an alleged $140 million Ponzi scheme. bsky.app/profile/sobs...

Both WABE and GPB told me via email that neither had received such letters so may not be currently under FCC scrutiny, but as NPR stations now have to seek funding to make up for federal cuts, Carr's FCC has indicated it will crackdown on sponsorships that blur the line w/ outright commercials.

Mr. Bannon: This letter responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for: A list of all public radio stations sent letters by the FCC seeking information about their on-sponsorships and copies of the letters. The time period for this request are any letters se s year, or from Jan. Ist to March 15th 20 Your request has been assigned FOIA Control No. 2025-000683. The Enforcement Bureau, Investigations and Hearings Division, searched for responsive records. We located 106 pages of records responsive to your request. All of the responsive records located pursuant to your request are withheld for the reasons discussed below. Records responsive to your request were withheld under Exemption 7(A), which authorizes the withholding of "records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes the production of which could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings."' We anticipate that the release of these records, which were compiled for purposes of enforcing the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and Commission rules, would harm the pending investigation and would interfere with the orderly collection of evidence. We have determined that it is reasonably foreseeable that disclosure would harm the Commission or the Federal govemment's law enforcement activities, which Exemption 7 is intended to protect. We are required by both the FOlA and the Commission's own rules to charge requesters certain fees associated with the costs of searching for, reviewing, and duplicating the sought after information.? To calculate the appropriate fee, requesters are classified as: (I) commercial use requesters; (2)

Two screenshot of the John Fredericks show. One promoting First Liberty "Dream BIG in the Patriot Economy" and the other showing FCC Chairman Brendan Carr as a guest on 7-29-25

The irony is stark: my FOIA request, sent months ago, sought transparency on FCC investigations into public radio sponsorships and was denied under a 'law enforcement' exemption, while Carr used and celebrated a platform whose host was a proponent of a firm now accused of massive financial fraud.

FCC Denies FOIA on Public Radio Probes, Yet Chairman Carr Appears on Network That Promoted Alleged… Last week, I received a formal denial of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for information on letters the Federal Communications…

Last week, the FCC denied my FOIA request for letters it sent to public radio stations about sponsorships.

Yesterday, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr appeared on the John Fredericks Radio Network, which actively promoted an alleged $140 million Ponzi scheme.

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Is Axios worthy? Popular Information calls out the Cox-owned site for “rebranding conservative ideology as objective.”

Is Axios worthy?

Popular Information calls out the Cox-owned news site for “rebranding conservative ideology as objective.”

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Cox has dominated Georgia media and politics since 1939. Some Dems, like Sen Warnock, have benefited, but it's now holding back Georgia Dems from a populist progressive politics.
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