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	Arbitrator Backs MASN In Time Warner Dispute - 6/09/2008
	Time Warner must carry MASN, arbitrator rules - 1/21/2008
	After TV deal with MASN, you'll see more UNCW on the tube - 9/01/2007
	DCX-Draft Movements to Follow Obama - 1/17/2007 Two Web sites sprouted recently in hopes of creating a groundswell of public support for an Obama '08 run: www.draftobama.org and www.runobama.com. Representatives from both Web sites were excited to hear Tuesday's big announcement from Obama.
	AP - Obama to join Democrats in New Hampshire - 11/29/2006 Another draft Obama effort is online at http://www.runobama.com, created by Democrat Todd Webster. Webster, who was a spokesman for former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, said more than 400 people had signed his petition as of Tuesday, six days after he launched the site.
	CNN - RunObama website live - 11/21/2006 Just hours before Obama delivered his speech on Iraq, a new website urging the Illinois senator to run for president went live. The website, http://www.runobama.com/, is the brainchild of Democratic political operative Todd Webster, who served as former Minority Leader Tom Daschle's, D-South Dakota, spokesman as well as an aide on former Vice President Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign.
	WP-Comcast To Raise Rates for Nationals - 8/12/2006 Comcast Corp. said yesterday that it would raise cable TV rates by $2 a month for its 1.6 million Washington-Baltimore area customers this fall because of the cost of carrying the network that broadcasts most of the Washington Nationals' baseball games. Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, which has the TV rights to the team's games, accused Comcast of gouging its customers and unfairly trying to blame the regional sports network for the rate increase.
	WP-Comacst Will Air Nats' Games, Ending Dispute - 8/05/2006 Washington Nationals fans in the Baltimore-Washington region will be able to watch the Major League Baseball team's games on Comcast as soon as Sept. 1 after the sports network that carries most of the games settled its bitter 15-month dispute yesterday with the cable company.
	WP-MASN Takes on Comcast with New 24-Hour Programming - 8/02/2006 The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, a joint venture between the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals, began 24-hour sports programming on Monday morning, creating a new round-the-clock rival to Comcast SportsNet.
	WT-MASN expands its programming - 8/02/2006 After more than a year and a half of operations, the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network finally began broadcasting programs other than Nationals games this week, fulfilling its long-held promise of becoming a round-the-clock regional sports network.
	WP-FCC Finds Possible Bias Against MASN by Comcast - 8/01/2006 Federal regulators said yesterday that Comcast Corp. may have discriminated against a regional sports television network by refusing to carry the network's broadcasts of Nationals games.
	WP: FCC May Send MASN Nationals Issue to Judge - 7/25/2006 After more than a year of inaction, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin yesterday addressed a dispute that has kept Washington Nationals games off the region's biggest cable network.
	AP-Congress trying to help Nats fans see games on TV - 7/06/2006 Three area House members asked the FCC to force Comcast into arbitration to carry the Nationals baseball games.
	WP-House Urges FCC to Intercede In MASN Debate - 6/30/2006 The House Appropriations Committee passed a measure to "strongly urge" the FCC to consider a year-old complaint that would force Comcast to end its blackout of Washington Nationals baseball games.
	WP-The Static Isn't Peter Angelos - 4/27/2006 The Washington Post ran this letter to the editor from Todd Webster
	WP: Nats to have fewer games over the air - 4/24/2006 The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network and The Washington Nationals announce their 2006 television schedule
	Slate-You, too, can be a TV pundit! - 12/23/2005 Slate's Jack Shafer writes about the rules of on-air punditry.
	ABC's The Note - 5/16/2005 ABC News's daily political tipsheet previewed a DNC Flash animation Webster | Strategies created to demonstrate the unfairness of the Nuclear Option.
	New Haven Register: Miller Finally Makes it to Yale - 4/29/2005 Progressive Talk superstar Stephanie Miller hosted her nationally-syndicated show from New Haven. The New Haven Register covered her visit and the explosive growth of Progressive Talk.
	Roll Call: Whack-a-Tom - 4/28/2005 Democracy Radio launched a new website where visitors could go to virtually vent their frustrations with the GOP congress.
	CQ: Daschle One of Few From His Senate Office to Land on K Street - 3/22/2005 An update on what the leadership staff of former Democratic Leader Tom Daschle are doing today.
	AP: Clear Channel adopts liberal programming - 2/18/2005 Clear Channel - the biggest owner of radio stations in the country - is increasingly re-formatting its stations to carry Progressive Talk.
	NEWSWEEK: Straight Out of Fargo - 2/14/2005 Newsweek Magazine profiles Democracy Radio host Ed Schultz.
	WP: Some Barred From Bush's North Dakota Speech - 2/04/2005 The producer of The Ed Schultz Show was blacklisted and barred from attending a Fargo, N.D. public speech by President Bush. Democracy Radio CEO Tom Athans blasted the effort to ban Ed Schultz's producer.
	Cinci Post: Galvin to be Springer's sidekick - 1/11/2005 The Cincinnati Post calls Webster | Strategies client Ed Schultz's program "the hottest liberal talk show in the country."
	The Gadflyer: Ed-ifying Talk Radio - 1/11/2005 Webster helped generate this compelling profile of talk radio sensation Ed Schultz in progressive Internet magazine The Gadflyer.
	Daily Kos: Big Ed Schultz - 1/10/2005 The leader in progressive blogging posted the Washington Post profile of Ed and subsequently attracted 250 viewer comments.
	WP: A Voice From Above, And to the Left - 1/10/2005 After going months without a strategic media plan, Democracy Radio retains Webster | Strategies to generate coverage of its host, Ed Schultz. As a result, The Washington Post carries a front-page profile of Ed, calling him "an overnight sensation with a red-state base and a regular-guy sense of humor" and "the most widely carried liberal on radio."
	WP: Frist Political Fund Can't Cover Bank Loan - 12/01/2004 As the early battle lines were being drawn in the debate over privatizing Social Security, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's campaign fund lost a half million dollars in the stock market. Webster pointed out the irony of Republicans losing money in very place they want to invest Social Security and generated national press coverage at a critical early stage of the debate.
	USAT: Monetary memorial? That's the $10 question - 6/07/2004 The movement to put Ronald Reagan on the $10 bill intensified after the former President's death in June. At a sensitive time for the country, Todd had to respond to this plank in the conservative agenda with grace and diplomacy.
	Roll Call: Democrats Tout ’80 Reagan Line - 5/18/2004 Throughout 2004, Democrats worked to develop an clear message about the state of the nation under Republican rule. After coordinating with House Democrats, one message was especially effective, receiving national television coverage.
	Roll Call: Senate Democrats Battle Back - 5/04/2004 Senate Democrats were under attack for standing up to the GOP agenda. Webster and Senate Democrats developed a multi-channel response to counter the Republican claim of "obstruction."
	New Haven Register: Progressive Talker Miller Finally Makes it to Yale - 4/29/2004 Progressive radio superstar Stephanie Miller hosted her nationally-syndicated show from New Haven, where the local newspaper examined her show and the growing national phenomenon of Progressive Talk
	SPI: Money freed up to test cargo-container security: Murray applied pressure for funds; Seattle, Tacoma will get $13.3 million - 6/10/2003 Senator Patty Murray wins her battle with the Administration over millions of dollars in port security funding.
	NJ: Port security dispute holds up OMB management nominee - 6/04/2003 After creating a new initiative to protect America's ports, Senator Patty Murray learned that the Administration intended to spend the funding elsewhere. To prevent the diversion of this critical investment in port security, Murray placed a "hold" on the Administration's nomination to the Office of Management and Budget and ultimately won the high-stakes standoff. Webster communicated Murray's intent and success to the national and Washington state media.
	CNN: Former Republican National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour and Gore Deputy Communications Director Todd Webster on Campaign 2000 - 11/06/2000 During the 2000 presidential campaign, Webster took on Haley Barbour during a CNN Interactive webchat.