Diversity

The Comcast/NBCU merger has drawn its first petition to deny from self-described "Pan-Asian" group called the Mabuhay Alliance.

What will happen to a city when the last major newspaper dies? If you are white, and probably a male, you may not have noticed that we've been living in this doomsday scenario for years, if not decades.

Some minority groups weighed in Thursday on the National Broadband Plan released earlier this week, saying they are hopeful the proposal will help narrow the broadband digital divide.

The honeymoon for the National Broadband Plan ended quickly.

After unveiling the National Broadband Plan, Federal Communications Commission members approved -- by a 5-0 vote -- a Joint Statement on Broadband which expresses the six beliefs the commissioners share.

Federal Communications Commission Michael Copps identified a two-prong challenge before the Commission: ensuring that the Internet of the future can support the information infrastructure which democracy requires and, stemming the decline of traditional media journalism that still supplies the overwhelming bulk of our news and information.

Federal Communications Commission member Mignon Clyburn was supportive of the National Broadband Plan, but raised concerns about spectrum reclamation which could "further decimate the prospects for women and minority owners" of broadcast outlets.

Last week marked a significant chapter in Federal Communications Commission-Tribal relations, which included Chairman Genachowski's remarks to the Executive Council of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) on March 2, 2010, followed by the 7th Annual FCC-NCAI Dialogue on Improving Telecommunications Access in Indian Country at the FCC on March 4. The Dialogue included Tribal leaders, Commissioners Copps, Clyburn, Baker and McDowell, Chairman Genachowski's Chief of Staff, the Chiefs of the Consumer & Governmental Affairs and Wireless Telecommunications Bureaus, Public Safety Bureau, and other Commission staff.

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