Benton Joins Call for Public Scrutiny of Sinclair
Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/27/2018 - 10:04
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
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Former-Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Sallet: U.S. Needs Vertical Merger Guidelines
Submitted by benton on Wed, 06/27/2018 - 09:48Contact: Kipton Roderick | 847.328.3040 | kip@benton.org
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Benton Welcomes New Senior Fellow and Public Advocate Gigi Sohn
Submitted by benton on Wed, 06/20/2018 - 08:15Contact:
Adrianne B. Furniss, Executive Director
847-328-3040
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Benton Welcomes New Senior Fellow and Public Advocate Gigi Sohn
Adrianne B. Furniss named Gigi Sohn Benton Senior Fellow and Public Advocate.
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Benton Challenges Net Neutrality Repeal in Court
Submitted by benton on Tue, 02/27/2018 - 14:23Nominations are Open for 2018 Charles Benton Digital Equity Champion Award
Submitted by benton on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 11:29FCC is Out-of-Touch on Digital Divide
Submitted by benton on Sat, 02/03/2018 - 14:33On Friday, February 2, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission released the 2018 Broadband Deployment Report. The following statement may be attributed to Benton Foundation Executive Director Adrianne B. Furniss:
Now They Come for the Children
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/26/2018 - 15:08In a blog post today, Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly suggested a reconsideration of “ineffective and burdensome requirements” that television broadcasters air minimal amounts of educational and informational programming for children. The following statement may be attributed to Benton Foundation Executive Director Adrianne B. Furniss:
Benton Statement on Restoring Internet Freedom Order
Submitted by benton on Thu, 12/14/2017 - 10:30As expected, today the Federal Communications Commission, on a partisan 3-2 vote, adopted the Restoring Internet Freedom Order. The following may be attributed to Benton Executive Director Adrianne B. Furniss:
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Former FCC and DoJ Staffer Jon Sallet Pens "Antitrust is Law Enforcement"
Submitted by benton on Wed, 11/29/2017 - 14:29Jon Sallet is the new Benton Senior Fellow. Jon's work focuses on policies to preserve and protect internet openness, to advance competition more broadly, including through antitrust, and to support Federal Communications Commission actions to protect privacy, security, and broadband deployment. Jon was the FCC General Counsel/Acting General Counsel (2013-2016), and Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Litigation, Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice (2016-2017).
FCC's New Media Ownership Rules Fail the Test
Submitted by benton on Thu, 11/16/2017 - 11:43The Federal Communications Commission adopted new media ownership rules. The following statement may be attributed to Benton Foundation Executive Director Adrianne B. Furniss: