As Editor in Chief, Jason Pontin is responsible for the editorial direction of the award winning magazine, Technology Review. He took on the role of Publisher in September 2005 to oversee all aspects of the company's growth strategy which includes an aggressive international expansion, a rapidly growing web business, specialty newsletters and signature events.

From 1996 - 2002 Jason Pontin was Editor of the technology business magazine Red Herring. Most recently, he was the Editor-in Chief of The Acumen Journal, a publication which covered the business, economic, and policy implications of discoveries in biotechnology and the life sciences. He has written for many national and international publications, including The Economist, The Financial Times, Wired and The Believer, and he is a frequent guest on television and radio, including ABC News, CNN, and National Public Radio.

Blog Entries by Jason Pontin

Why Network Neutrality Will Be Law in 2007

Posted December 1, 2006 | 10:42 AM (EST)


One of the first technology controversies that the new Democratic Congress will address when it meets in February, 2007, will be network neutrality. Here's what will happen: legislators will support new regulation.

Network neutrality refers to the idea that no traffic or activity on the Internet should be privileged...

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What the Technology Industry Can Expect from a New Democratic Congress

Posted November 21, 2006 | 09:45 PM (EST)


What should technologists--entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, researchers, employees of publicly traded technology companies, and any one who depends on their products and services--expect from a Democratic Congress? If history and ideology is any guide, something from very different from the mixture of neglect and wariness that characterized recent Republican attitudes.

For...

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