Patt Morrison for Mon 12/28/09

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Monday, December 28, 2009

1-3 p.m.

 

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1:00 – 1:30

OPEN

 

1:30 - 2:00

EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/27. PLEASE DO NOT PROMOTE BEFORE THEN

Protest Studies: California is broke, and Berkeley is in revolt

New Yorker staff writer Tad Friend joins Patt with his take on this fall’s campus-wide protests over the budget cuts and fee hikes across the University of California system, including a look at the history leading up to this point, the evolution of the Master Plan and an intimate picture of some of the movers and shakers at its center.

 

Guests:

Tad Friend, staff writer for the New Yorker, his piece “Protest Studies” appears in the December 28^th issue of the New Yorker magazine

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2:00 – 2:30

Smoking or Non?

Los Angeles may join the ranks of other public health-progressive communities in banning smoking in outdoor eating areas. The City Council’s Arts, Parks, Health and Aging Committee agreed to the ban last week, and now the ban waits for a final council vote. Is this the next step to making LA communities healthier?

 

Guests:

Tom LaBonge, district 4 LA City Councilman

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UNCONFIRMED:

Representative of California Restaurant Association

 

 

2:30 – 3:00

Time Warner and Fox rumble, could it cost viewers their cable?

Forget about healthcare! The really pressing matter for many people is news that Time Warner customers could lose “American Idol,” “the Simpsons,” and some major NFL playoffs if the cable company fails to resolves a stalemate over content licensing contracts with Fox’s parent company, News Corp., by Dec. 31. Time Warner says the fees are too high, but News Corp. says escalating costs are forcing them to raise the price—that, and owner Rupert Murdoch wants to begin charging an extra fee for News Corp.’s broadcast station, Fox. The fight’s getting nasty, with both sides paying up for television ads deriding the other. How will it end?

 

Guest:

NOT CONFIRMED:

Patricia Fregoso, regional vice president for Communications for the Western Region for Time Warner Cable

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NOT CONFIRMED:

Anthony Vinciquerra, president and CEO of Fox Networks Group with responsibility for the Fox Cable Networks Group and the business operation of Fox Television Network

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Variety reporter, TBD