Understanding Broadband Speed Data in NTIA’s Indicators of Broadband Need
Thursday, July 22, 2021
July 2021
President Biden Nominates Comcast Executive David Cohen as US Ambassador to Canada (White House)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 05:38Apple’s Biggest iPhone Production Site Hit by Flooding in Central China (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 05:37AT&T Sells Latin American Satellite Business to Argentina’s Grupo Werthein (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 05:36Op-ed
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2018
Gigi Sohn named Benton Senior Fellow and Public Advocate. Gigi served from 2013-2016 as Counselor to the former Chairman of the FCC, Tom Wheeler, and from 2001-2013, as the Co-Founder and CEO of Public Knowledge, a policy advocacy organization serving the interests of consumers in Washington D.C. She received the Everett C. Parker Award in October 2018.
2017
Benton publishes The Emerging World of Broadband Public–Private Partnerships from authors Joanne Hovis and Marc Schulhof, Jim Baller and Ashley Stelfox, from the Coalition for Local Internet Choice.
Benton publishes Dr. Colin Rhinesmith and Angela Siefer's Digital Inclusion Outcomes-Based Evaluation, which describes the challenges facing community-based organizations in measuring the success of their digital inclusion programs and offers recommendations toward addressing these shared barriers (Legacy Fund).
2016
Dr. Colin Rhinesmith writes Digital Inclusion and Meaningful Broadband Adoption Initiatives, to inform the FCC's efforts to modernize its Lifeline program for the broadband age. The report presents findings from a national study of digital inclusion organizations that help low-income individuals and families adopt high-speed internet service (Legacy Fund).
2015
Benton Foundation founder, Charles Benton, dies; longtime trustee, Leonard Jay Schrager, succeeds Charles as Chairman.
2014
Andrew Jay Schwartzman, considered by many to be the “Dean'' of public interest communications attornies, is tapped as Benton Senior Counselor at Georgetown Law Center’s Institute for Public Representation. He mentors Georgetown students in litigating public interest communications issues that revolve around internet openness, media consolidation, transparency, access to communications technologies, and privacy before the Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, and the courts.