Boing Boing: Smithsonian lobbies to preserve its Showtime sellout

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Support Bloggers' Rights! HOWTO: Get a link posted to Boing Boing Boing Boing Mobile powered by Winksite Fark rules! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. Boing Boing is a trademark of Happy Mutants LLC in the United States [and other countries]. Stats (About our stats) defeat censorware Policies Our first five years' worth of posts in one file	Monday, November 20, 2006 Smithsonian lobbies to preserve its Showtime sellout Carl sez, "Hordes of Smithsonian lobbyists have descended on Capitol Hill to reverse recent congressional actions meant to mitigate at least a little bit of the damage from the Smithsonian's exclusive 30-year ~~sellout~~contract to Showtime. Lobbyists are moving moving on several fronts, including trying to keep a GAO analysis of the contract secret and rescinding House language that would cut the Secretary's salary in half so he would only earn what the President earns. This situation is begging for some sunshine in the attic. If you're interested, there is a letter open for signature that asks Congress to stand firm. More info in this post on Interesting-People. Link See also Smithsonian's Showtime deal: critical attorneys shred it posted by Cory Doctorow at 09:08:44 AM permalink \| Other blogs' comments Email this entry to: Your email address: Message (optional):	Boing Boing Sponsored by: Your Text Ad Here Get BB by email: