Cleveland Rocks & Other Wireless News
Last week, the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously cleared a bill requiring the FCC and the Commerce Department to conduct annual audits of our wireless airwaves.
Last week, the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously cleared a bill requiring the FCC and the Commerce Department to conduct annual audits of our wireless airwaves.
Norman Horowitz | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media
Networks are all controlled by gigantic companies, who for the most part do business with the Federal government and would not be critical of the Federal government in any meaningful way.
Timothy Karr | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media
As the first African-American woman commissioner, she represents progressive change that is deeply in sync with the transformation of D.C. politics that Obama is trying to realize.
Marvin Ammori | Posted 08.12.2009 | Politics
Here's the question I'd ask Sotomayor: Please tell us about the free speech rights of media, telephone, and cable companies. That is, do their rights trump the rights of citizens and users of media?
Norman Horowitz | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media
In order to confuse those who from time to time come across something that I write, I have decided to deal in one article with some of the "transgress...
AP | Posted 07.27.2009 | Media
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Julius Genachowski as head of the Federal Communications Commission and Robert McDowell for a seco...
Timothy Karr | Posted 07.27.2009 | Media
Expect Chairman Genachowski to turn his attention to bringing more choice to a broadband market controlled by a cartel of phone and cable companies.
Shelly Palmer | Posted 07.18.2009 | Media
The State Department asked Twitter to delay a "critical network upgrade" scheduled for yesterday in order for civilian reporters in Tehran to use th...
Josh Levy | Posted 07.10.2009 | Media
Thanks to the Internet, the rest of us are feeling increasingly liberated from the shackles of corporate control over content.
Art Brodsky | Posted 06.08.2009 | Media
Is there anyone who thinks Congress could produce anything in the way of a meaningful broadband plan that will make a real difference and raise our broadband ranking in the world?
AP | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a federal appeals court to re-examine its ruling in favor of CBS Corp. in a legal fight over en...
Art Brodsky | Posted 05.31.2009 | Media
House Majority Whip James Clyburn may not have done his daughter, Mignon, any favors by getting her appointed to the Federal Communications Commission.
Timothy Karr | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media
As early as fall 2007, Obama made a strong commitment to a free-flowing, accessible and open Internet when he unveiled his new media agenda.
Norman Lear | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media
I'd like to offer my heartfelt thanks to Scalia and his four conservative cohorts on the Supreme Court who voted 5-4 yesterday to uphold the FCC ban on the use of "fleeting" expletives on broadcast TV.
AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court deleted expletives left and right Tuesday in narrowly upholding a government policy that threatens broadcasters w...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.18.2009 | Media
Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Ari Fleischer and other right-wing mouthpieces are trying to frame future debates while they reinvent the George W. Bush years...
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics
Given the enormous role the FCC can play for ensuring not only the vitality and health of our nations' communications sector, but also the reasonable ...
Shelly Palmer | Posted 04.04.2009 | Media
Analysts believe that Genachowski's nomination for FCC Chair will strengthen the reign of companies like Google, while also pushing for more net neutrality legislation and broadband expansion.
Timothy Karr | Posted 04.04.2009 | Media
Obama's appointment is another indication that incoming leadership in Washington will move decisively to protect the free flowing Internet from those seeking to become gatekeepers to new media.
AP | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday named Julius Genachowski, a friend from Harvard Law School, as his nominee to chair the Federal C...
Politico | Michael Calderone | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media
Al Sharpton, who last week was protesting against the NY Post's chimp cartoon, is continuing his efforts against the Murdoch media empire. Tomorrow, h...
Mary Pitcher | Posted 03.13.2009 | Media
What country do we live in? We are being forced to buy additional equipment to receive a television signal?
FT | Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson | Posted 02.16.2009 | Media
Kevin Martin is to step down as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to join the Aspen Institute, a non-profit leadership organisation, t...
Rich Bengloff | Posted 02.15.2009 | Entertainment
Just like the free exchange of ideas, freedom in the arts requires equal access for players of all sizes. When it's up to fans, demand for independent music increases dramatically.
Art Brodsky | Posted 02.15.2009 | Media
Much of the buzz around Washington in telecom circles has been about the selection of Julius Genachowski as the new chairman of the FCC. But he's only at the top of the all-new lineup.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics