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1. CONGRESS PUTS KIBOSH ON TAX BREAK FOR BIZ [1999]

  • STERN, CHRISTOPHER
  • Variety. Nov 15, 1999, Vol. 377 Issue 1, 18.
Subjects
United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Ways and Means -- Tax policy and Motion picture industry -- Taxation
Abstract
WASHINGTON Congress will not be doling out any tax breaks to Hollywood this year -- even if it means losing more movie-of-the-week jobs to Canada. That was the final word [...]

2. Media Cliffs notes for Congress [2005]

  • Lowry, Brian
  • Variety. August 1, 2005, Vol. 399 Issue 10, p12, 2 p.
Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Laws, regulations and rules, and United States -- Broadcasting policy
Abstract
BEFORE TRYING TO change a car transmission, the average person would want to learn something about how the machinery worked. Not so with Congress, which often seems unencumbered [...]

3. Dear stations: thank Congress [1995]

  • Wharton, Dennis
  • Variety. Oct 23, 1995, Vol. 360 Issue 12, p2, 2 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Television stations -- Political aspects, Television broadcasting policy -- Laws, regulations and rules, Deregulation -- Telecommunications industry, and Telecommunication policy -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
Congress is pushing through a telecommunications deregulation bill the scope of which would have been impossible before the Republicans became the majority party. The work of legislators Jack Fields, Thomas Bliley and Larry Pressler in shaping telecommunications policy is examined.

4. Price of influence: Google has spent more than $10 million this year to make its voice heard in Congress; AT&T and Charter are also big spenders [2015]

  • Ault, Susanne
  • Variety. August 11, 2015, Vol. 329 Issue 1, p21, 1 p.
Subjects
Information services industry, Company earnings/profit, Company acquisition/merger, Google L.L.C. -- Company sales and earnings, Google L.L.C. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Information services -- Company sales and earnings, Information services -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Information services industry -- Company sales and earnings, and Information services industry -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments
Abstract
With varied interests that include self-driving cars and data security, Google has been the most aggressive media company lobbying the federal government this year, spending $10.1 million in the first [...]

5. Film Preservation Bd., Librarian of Congress talk future direction [1990]

  • Harwood, Jim
  • Variety. Nov 5, 1990, Vol. 341 Issue 4, p4, 2 p.
Subjects
United States. National Film Preservation Board -- Management, United States. Library of Congress -- Management, and Motion pictures -- Collections and collecting

6. Congress junks NEA bill, okays docking artists [1990]

  • Variety. Oct 29, 1990, Vol. 341 Issue 3, p59, 2 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Social policy, United States. National Endowment for the Arts -- Finance, Obscenity (Law) -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Federal aid to the arts -- Laws, regulations and rules

7. Kidvid, closed-captioning wait for Bush decision: a whirlwind of tv legislation settles down as Congress winds to a close [1990]

  • Harris, Paul
  • Variety. Oct 8, 1990, Vol. 340 Issue 13, p45, 2 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, Television broadcasting -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Television broadcasting policy -- Laws, regulations and rules

8. Carter, Congress invited to Kennedy Center Hall fete for U.S. Olympians [1980]

  • Variety. July 30, 1980, Vol. 299, p182).
Subjects
Olympics

9. Copyright creators want a fair shake from U.S. Congress [1982]

  • Valenti, Jack
  • Variety. Jan 13, 1982, Vol. 305, p5, 2 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Economic policy and Copyright

10. Library of Congress names 25 titles to new registry of significant U.S. movies; pix must be labeled if they're colorized or otherwise altered. Does not end practice [1989]

  • Variety. Sept 27, 1989, Vol. 336 Issue 11, p10, 2 p.
Subjects
United States. Library of Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, Archives, Motion picture -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Colorization (Motion pictures) -- Laws, regulations and rules

11. Distributors put 'Congress' in session [2013]

  • McNary, Dave
  • Variety. June 11, 2013, Vol. 320 Issue 7, p4, 1 p.
Subjects
Company distribution practices and The Congress (Motion picture) -- Distribution
Abstract
Drafthouse Films and Films We Like have jointly acquired North American rights to Robin Wright starrer 'The Congress,' three weeks after it opened Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. [...]

12. Congress OKs preservation bill [1992]

  • Wharton, Dennis
  • Variety. June 8, 1992, Vol. 347 Issue 8, p5, 2 p.
Subjects
United States. National Film Preservation Board -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
Both houses of the US Congress passed a bill extending film preservation by government archives for four years. Twenty-five films a year are selected by the Library of Congress and included in the National Film Registry.

13. Congress steers H'w'd wish list [1998]

  • Stern, Christopher
  • Variety. Oct 19, 1998, Vol. 372 Issue 10, p6, 1 p. cartoon
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Political activity, Motion picture industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Copyright -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
WASHINGTON During breaks in the debates over sex (Monica Lewinsky) and money (the federal budget), Congress just handed Hollywood two of its biggest victories in a decade. In [...]

14. Congress keeping eye on sports 'siphoning.' (Special Report: Pay-Per-View) [1991]

  • Wharton, Dennis
  • Variety. July 22, 1991, Vol. 344 Issue 2, p52, 1 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, Television broadcasting of sports -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Cable television -- Laws, regulations and rules

15. Move in Congress to stress AFI role in film history draws fire [1991]

  • Dawes, Amy
  • Variety. July 22, 1991, Vol. 344 Issue 2, p5, 1 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Social policy, American Film Institute -- Political activity, and Motion picture industry -- History

16. Cable rereg racing thru Congress; with passage of the House rereg bill imminent, cablers plan a long, hard fight [1990]

  • Wharton, Dennis
  • Variety. Sept 10, 1990, Vol. 340 Issue 9, p28, 1 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, National Cable and Telecommunications Association -- Political activity, and Cable television -- Laws, regulations and rules

17. U.S. pic registry takes a 'Detour'; 24 others [1992]

  • Wharton, Dennis and Marx, Andy
  • Variety. Dec 7, 1992, Vol. 349 Issue 7, p5, 2 p.
Subjects
United States. Library of Congress -- Management and Motion pictures -- Achievements and awards
Abstract
The National Film Registry includes 25 new motion pictures, including 'Psycho,' 'Annie Hall' and 'The Birth of a Nation.' The Library of Congress consulted with the National Film Preservation Board on the list. Films must have lasting significance.

18. N.Y. State joins U.S. Congress in battle to declare performers are employees and not indies [1984]

  • Cohen, Joe
  • Variety. May 23, 1984, Vol. 315, p79, 2 p.
Subjects
American Federation of Musicians -- Political activity, Associated Actors and Artists of America -- Political activity, Musicians, and Actors

19. Congress urged to let U.S. join Berne Treaty to fight piracy losses [1987]

  • Harris, Paul
  • Variety. Sept 23, 1987, Vol. 328, p1, 2 p.
Subjects
Copyright -- Laws, regulations and rules, Copyright, International -- International aspects, and Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

20. Canada, Germany keep tax shelter variations killed by U.S. Congress [1978]

  • Segers, Frank
  • Variety. May 17, 1978, Vol. 291, p11, 2 p.
Subjects
Tax law -- Interpretation and construction, West Germany -- Taxation, and Canada -- Taxation

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