The stimulus broadband mapping program is set up for massive failure unless changes are made. Consistency, transparency, public verification and less protection of information are needed.
Yahoo! Finance | Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business
NEW YORK (AP) -- TV stations across the U.S. started cutting their analog signals Friday morning, ending a six-decade era for the technology and like...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.18.2009 | 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...
Politico | Michael Calderone | Posted 02.24.2009 | 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...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.16.2009 | Media
Why do all the right-wing television personalities fear the Fairness Doctrine so much? Could it be because if it were reinstated they would have to enter into a real public debate?
Leslie Harris | Posted 02.02.2009 | Media
Will the Obama administration slam the coffin on Internet censorship laws once and for all? It would seem so. However, it's not clear the Congress will fall in line.
Josh Silver | Posted 01.13.2009 | Media
Genachowski anchored the drafting of Obama's comprehensive media policy agenda that promotes diversified media ownership and fast, affordable, neutral Internet connections.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 12.15.2008 | Business
Several governments around the world have successfully adopted mobile technologies to deliver important services and improve constituent communication. Their success should serve as models for Obama.
Art Brodsky | Posted 12.09.2008 | Media
As damaging as are the accounts of the individual cases, however, are the reports of staff intimidation and of the creation of the "climate of fear" in the agency.
Art Brodsky | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media
The first qualification for the new FCC chairman should be a firm dedication to Goal No. 1 -- The public interest, not private interest, should govern.
New York TImes | Richard Sandomir | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media
A Federal Communications Commission ruling Friday night gave the NFL Network hope that it might receive a major influx of Comcast subscribers. In its...
CNet | Stephanie Condon | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media
President Bush on Friday signed into law a bill that would facilitate the collection of data regarding broadband access in the United States, though m...
Steve Parker | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business
Now, after several years of competition between XM and Sirius, there will be one satellite radio company -- a monopoly created by the federal government. And you don't need me to tell you how strange that is.
AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media
WASHINGTON — A stealthy form of advertising in which products are featured on television shows as props and even woven into story lines has draw...
New York Sun | Harold Furchtgott-Roth | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media
Tomorrow marks the 74th anniversary of the Communications Act of 1934, the legal framework for federal regulation of all manner of communications thro...
Art Brodsky | Posted 06.03.2008 | Media
There's a lot of mischief that cable and telephone companies can perpetrate, and it's not at all clear that the FCC would have the authority to punish them.
Jonathan Rintels | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media
It's time for the government to implement reasonable oversight that protects consumers and content creators, and preserves the open Internet we enjoy today.
Portfolio | Sam Gustin | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business
What do Cliff Stearns, John Shimkus, and Fred Upton have in common? They're all members of the House telecommunications subcommittee, and they've eac...
Jonathan Rintels | Posted 03.16.2008 | Media
Last week's opening of Hulu and the MPAA's vehement denunciation of net neutrality are intimately related, a double-barreled shot aimed at the heart of the open Internet.
Laura Scher | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media
We can't rely on the goodwill of big telecoms like Verizon to allow text messages as they see fit. This new, quick way to connect needs to be regulated.
AP | AMY SCHATZ | Posted 01.26.2008 | Media
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $1.4 million fine against 52 ABC Television Network stations over a 2003 broad...
Josh Silver | Posted 12.18.2007 | Media
Witness yet another shining moment: the Bush administration serving up a wholesale giveaway to the largest media corporations in the most corrupt process imaginable.
Wall Street Journal | AMY SCHATZ | Posted 12.18.2007 | Business
Today, the Federal Communications Commission is set to ram through two measures likely to roil the media and telecommunications industries and deepen ...
AP | John Dunbar | Posted 12.18.2007 | Business
Despite intense political pressure, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to approve a proposal Tuesday that will allow broadcasters in th...
Josh Silver | Posted 12.12.2007 | Media
Potterwatch is building a real-world movement against "Voldemedia" -- the handful of companies that control most of what we see, hear and read every day.
After a three-night stay in Moscow, the Obamas touched down in Rome on Wednesday so Papa President...
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Art Brodsky | Posted 07.07.2009 | Media