House Passes COPE
TELECOM MEASURE PASSES IN HOUSE
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Amy Schatz Amy.Schatz@wsj.com]
June 2006
The New America Foundation invites you to a U.S. House of Representatives Innovation Week Briefing and interactive technology demonstration:
Date/Time:
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (refreshments will be served)
Location:
U.S. Capitol, Room HC-5
Washington, D.C.
Featured Speakers:
Dexter Fletcher
Senior Researcher, Institute for Defense Analyses
Henry Kelly
Every year, MMTC hosts the nation’s preeminent minority media and telecom financing conference — the . Over three hundred people attended our 2005 conference, including representatives of 22 financial institutions. Three sitting FCC commissioners addressed the conference.
This year's conference will be held July 10 - 11, 2006
at the Westin Grand Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Twentieth Anniversary: 1986 – 2006
Specter, Cheney & the NSA
SPECTER, CHENEY & THE NSA
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Carl Hulse & Jim Rutenberg]
U.S. to Ask Courts to Toss Phone Suits
US TO ASK COURTS TO TOSS PHONE SUITS
[SOURCE: Bloomberg News, AUTHOR: Andrew Harris]
The government will seek dismissal of 20 lawsuits accusing the biggest telecommunications companies of providing customer call data to the National Security Agency, claiming that "military and state secrets" might be divulged were the lawsuits to proceed. The Justice Department said it will not ask for the dismissal until all the lawsuits are consolidated before a single judge, according to papers filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, where a complaint is pending against AT&T Inc.
AT&T gets More for Less
AT&T GETS MORE FOR LESS
[SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle, AUTHOR: David Lazarus]
Copps Pushes Content Study in Ownership Review
COPPS PUSHES CONTENT STUDY IN OWNERSHIP REVIEW
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
TV Is Surrogate Parent, Says Clinton
TV IS SURROGATE PARENT, CLINTON SAYS
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
McClatchy Sells 5 KR Papers -- To 4 Companies
MCCLATCHY SELLS 5 KR PAPERS -- TO FOUR COMPANIES
[SOURCE: Editor&Publisher, AUTHOR: Jennifer Saba]
Tribune Board Is Considering A Broad Overhaul
TRIBUNE BOARD IS CONSIDERING A BROAD OVERHAUL
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Sarah Ellison sarah.ellison@wsj.com & Dennis K. Berman]