Paxson Resigns; NBC Steps Up
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John M. Higgins & John Eggerton]
November 2005
Stevens Ponders Path to Cable Smut Regs
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The New Media Elites
[SOURCE: USNews.com, AUTHOR: Betsy Streisand and Richard J. Newman]
If anyone is in danger from the growing power of the Internet and its transformative effect on communication, entertainment, information, and commerce, it is the old media. Companies such as the New York Times, Walt Disney, News Corp., and NBC/Universal, as well as magazine and book publishers, are increasingly losing ground to a new breed of media elites who grew up in the digital world and are now out to control it by offering content and services to users worldwide. (Long article at the URL below)
TV's New Parallel Universe
[SOURCE: BusinessWeek, AUTHOR: Tom Lowry]
Newspapers in an Electronic Age
NEWSPAPERS IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Clark Gilbert & Scot Anthony]
Critics Press Companies on Internet Rights Issues
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Tom Zeller, Jr]
Thousands of Katrina 911 Calls Went Astray
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Ceci Connolly]
FCC says no Cutoff for Internet Phone Customers
FCC SAYS NO CUTOFF FOR INTERNET PHONE CUSTOMERS
[SOURCE: Reuters]
Internet telephone providers do not have to cut off U.S. subscribers even if they are not provided enhanced 911 emergency service which gives dispatchers their location and phone number, the FCC announced Monday. But the FCC said Internet telephone providers would have to cease marketing and accepting new customers in areas where they are not connecting 911 calls with the person's location and phone number, according to guidance issued on Monday (see link below).
USF Exemption Included In Spending Measure
[SOURCE: Congress Daily, AUTHOR: Molly M. Peterson]
New Telephone Subscribership Report
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]