June 2007

Fund to subsidize rural phones faces dispute

FUND TO SUBSIDIZE RURAL PHONES FACES DISPUTE
[SOURCE: St Louis Dispatch 6/13, AUTHOR: Tim Logan tlogan@post-dispatch.com]

Studies Questioning the Benefits of USF Subsidies to Wireless Carriers

STUDIES QUESTIONING THE BENEFITS OF USF SUBSIDIES TO WIRELESS CARRIERS
[SOURCE: Criterion Economics 6/13]

Guarding The Beachfront

GUARDING THE BEACHFRONT
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]

FCC Seeks Comment on Commercial Leased Access Rules

FCC SEEKS COMMENT ON COMMERCIAL LEASED ACCESS RULES
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]

It's Not About Dan and Katie

IT'S NOT ABOUT DAN AND KATIE
[SOURCE: The Nation, AUTHOR: Katrina Vanden Heuvel]

Network Neutrality Comments filed at FCC

NCTA: DON'T REGULATE NET NEUTRALITY
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The cable industry asked the FCC Friday to leave the Internet unregulated, saying it is network flexibility that has promopted hundreds of billions of dollars in investments in network build-outs and upgrades.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6452646.html?rssid=193

INTERNET CONTENT PROVIDERS URGE THE FCC NOT TO REGULATE THE NET
[SOURCE MovieFlix/Doctors TeleHealth/KinderStart]

Kennedy critiques government and press on environment

KENNEDY CRITIQUES GOVERNMENT AND PRESS ON ENVIRONMENT
[SOURCE: SunValleyonline.com, AUTHOR: Gary Stivers]

Bill Clinton Issues Media Challenge

BILL CLINTON ISSUES MEDIA CHALLENGE
[SOURCE: TVWeek, AUTHOR: Chris Pursell]

Mirror, Mirror

MIRROR, MIRROR
[SOURCE: The Huffington Post, AUTHOR: Rory O'Connor]

Newspapers try to restore investor confidence

NEWSPAPERS TRY TO RESTORE INVESTOR CONFIDENCE
[SOURCE: Reuters 6/15, AUTHOR: Robert MacMillan]
U.S. newspaper executives will meet in New York to wrestle with one of their biggest challenges: persuading investors to stick around. But there will be some conspicuous absences at the annual Mid-Year Media Review hosted by the Newspaper Association of America. Los Angeles Times owner Tribune Co. and Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. Inc. will skip the meeting. One is going private, the other may get bought.