Broadband Deployment Is Extensive, but Gaps in Rural Areas
BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT IS EXTENSIVE, BUT GAPS IN RURAL AREAS
[SOURCE: Government Accountability Office]
May 2006
Worldwide Survey Estimates 694 Million Adult Web Users
WORLDWIDE SURVEY ESTIMATES 694 MILLION ADULT WEB USERS
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Eric Auchard]
The Next Tech Battle: Internet Searches on Cellphones
THE NEXT TECH BATTLE: INTERNET SEARCHES ON CELLPHONES
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Cassell Bryan-Low cassell.bryan-low@wsj.com and Kevin J. Delaney]
Martin Wants Affils to Retreat on Indecency
MARTIN WANTS AFFILS TO RETREAT ON INDECENCY
[SOURCE: TVNewsday 5/5, AUTHOR: Kim McAvoy]
FCC 'Whitewashing' Blues, Says Scorsese
FCC 'WHITEWASHING' BLUES, SAYS SCORSESE
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Warner Bros. to Let Local TV Put Sitcom on Web
IN A FIRST, WARNER BROTHERS TO LET LOCAL TV PUT SITCOM ON WEB
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Brooks Barnes brooks.barnes@wsj.com]
Uncertainty Sparks Predictions of Flat TV Market
UNCERTAINTY SPARKS PREDICTIONS OF FLAT TV MARKET
[SOURCE: AdAge, AUTHOR: Claire Atkinson]
Someone Has to Pay for TV. But Who? And How?
SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR TV. BUT WHO? AND HOW?
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Randall Stross]
Smithsonian Regents To Discuss VOD Deal Today
SMITHSONIAN REGENTS TO DISCUSS VOD DEAL
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The Smithsonian Board of Regents is meeting Monday, May 8. On the agenda is a discussion of the its increasingly controversial video on demand deal with Showtime.
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The politics of tech's tax breaks
THE POLITICS OF TECH'S TAX BREAKS
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Anne Broache and Declan McCullagh]
Every individual and business, of course, tries to pay the minimum amount of taxes legally required. But technology companies that try to minimize their tax burden sometimes draw accusations of hypocrisy from liberal advocacy groups and academics--mostly because the same companies want more government spending on education and research.