Hiding in Plain Sight, Google Seeks an Expansion of Power
HIDING IN PLAN SIGHT, GOOGLE SEEKS AN EXPANSION OF POWER
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: John Markoff & Saul Hansell]
June 2006
Could a 15-Year-Old With a Laptop Be the New Campaign Media Guru?
COULD A 15-YEAR-OLD WITH A LAPTOP BE THE NEW CAMPAIGN MEDIA GURU?
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Adam Cohen]
A Clash of Newspaper Families
A CLASH OF NEWSPAPER FAMILIES
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Richard Silkos]
FCC Commissioners to Headline ‘Town Meeting on the Future of Media’ in Asheville
June 28 forum will offer rare opportunity for North Carolinians to speak directly to Washington decision-makers
Federal Communications Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps will visit Asheville, N.C., on June 28 to listen to local citizens’ concerns about media consolidation. This “Town Meeting on the Future of the Media†is a rare opportunity for the public to participate directly in crafting media policies that serve their community.
What Community Service?
WHAT COMMUNITY SERVICE?
What Community Service?
Submitted by benton on Tue, 06/13/2006 - 10:55June 12 Even though more than three-quarters of U.S. adults rely on local TV news, according to a January 2006 Harris Poll, the NAB doesn't tout the service delivered by local television newscasts; the attached explains why.
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Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) is open to consumer protections but is loath to interfere with commercial deals among phone and cable companies and the content providers, a committee staffer said. "If they [consumers] want Google, we want them to be able to access Google. I think that's Senator Stevens's view -- that people should be able to pick whatever content, whatever applications, whatever software . . . that they want," Stevens staff director Lisa Sutherland told reporters, saying a compromise had yet to be reached with the panel's top Democrat, Sen.
Deal on Net Neutrality in US Senate Elusive: Aides
DEAL ON NET NEUTRALITY IN US SENATE ELUSIVE: AIDES
[SOURCE: Reuters]
House Bill includes USF Measure, ignores Net Neutrality
HOUSE BILL INCLUDES USF MEASURE, IGNORES NET NEUTRALITY
[SOURCE: RCR Wireless News, AUTHOR: Heather Forsgren Weaver ]