Microsoft Gets Byte of Apple
WP: Struggling Apple Gets Boost From Microsoft
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/apple/a
pple.htm
NYT: Microsoft Comes to the Aid of Struggling Apple
http://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/080797apple.html
WSJ: Jobs Juices Up Apple With Surprise Gates Deal
Microsoft will invest $150 in Apple Computer for a non-voting share
of the company. Apple also added new faces to its Board of Directors.
At the FCC
Telecom AM: Clinton Nominates Powell; Intends to replace
Hundt With Kennard
FCC: Open Meeting on Closed Captioning Requirements for
Video Programming
Lobbying
NYT: "Issue Ads" by Labor Fell Short in Elections,
Business Group Says
Info Tech
WSJ: The Marriage of TV And Home Computer May Last This Time
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Title: Clinton Nominates Powell; Intends to replace Hundt With Kennard
Source: Telecom AM http://www.telecommunications.com/am/
Issue: Federal Communications Commission
Description: The nominations to fill expired and vacant seats at the
five-member Federal Communications Commission are now official. Yesterday
President Clinton nominated Michael Powell to replace Commissioner Rachelle
Chong and FCC General Counsel William Kennard to be the Commission's next
chairman. Mr. Powell, son of retired Army Gen. Colin Powell, currently is the
chief of staff of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division.
"Mike's organizational skills and leadership have made a difference," said
Attorney General Janet Reno in a statement yesterday. "He will be sorely
missed at the department, but I am delighted that he will continue his
outstanding career in public service."
At the FCC http://www.fcc.gov
Today's Open FCC meeting will be broadcast live over the Internet
http://www.fcc.gov/realaudio/. The Commission will consider action
concerning closed captioning requirements for video programming. Real-Time
Closed-Captioning of the meeting is also available
http://www.caption.com/fcc/.
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* Lobbying *
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Title: "Issue Ads" by Labor Fell Short in Elections, Business Group Says
Source: New York Times (A24)
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/washpol/campaign-unions.html
Author: Richard Berke
Issue: Lobbying
Description: The Business-Industry Political Action Committee says that
labor groups overestimated the effect of "issue advocacy" advertisements
during the last election. The PAC, which works to help pro-business
candidates to Congress, says labor groups would have had a better effect if
they had stuck to traditional "get out the vote" campaigns. They also said
that there is no substitute for fully financing candidates directly.
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* Info Tech *
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Title: The Marriage of TV And Home Computer May Last This Time
Source: Wall Street Journal (B1) http://www.wsj.com/
Author: Walter Mossberg
Issue: Info Tech
Description: In Personal Technology column, Mossberg writes that the merger
of the TV and the PC may this time -- because of the Internet. Time Warner
shut down its trial Interactive TV system in Orlando. The idea that
interactive TV should be a centralized, proprietary network didn't work. But
Microsoft's investment in Web TV brightens the picture for Internet
connections via the Tube. The merger of TV and computer "will take many
tries, and lots of money, to come up with the right combination that will
capture the public's interest. WebTV and similar devices are a long way from
being their. But a new chapter has definitely opened in the evolution of the
home computer."
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