With Vigor, Labor Surges in Politics
India May Pull Plug on News Corp.'s TV
CNN: No Longer Exactly On Top of the News
The Internet: From Here to Ubiquity
MCI/British Telecom Merger
What You Can Do About Unsolicited Telephone Marketing Calls and Faxes
Privacy and Self-regulation in the Information Age
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Title: With Vigor, Labor Surges in Politics
Source: New York Times (A16)
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/washpol/labor-politics.html
Author: Richard Berke
Issue: Lobbying
Description: "You have to credit the labor community with doing a superb job
of putting itself at the front and center of the political dialogue," a
Democratic pollster said. "They've worked hard to carve out a place for
themselves at the table." Labor unions are getting more attention -- good
and bad -- than they have in years and they are gearing up to participate in
a number of issues in the coming months including an expansion of NAFTA,
campaign finance reform, and welfare reform.
Title: India May Pull Plug on News Corp.'s TV
Source: Wall Street Journal (A15)
http://www.wsj.com/
Author: Jonathon Karp
Issue: International
Description: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is in hot water in India. Mr.
Murdoch recruited the nation's a former chief of India's state-owned
broadcaster who, in turn, built his team with several other senior officials
from the government's broadcasting, telecommunications, and intelligence
services. But last month, the government demanded the top executive's
resignation, alleging he violated rules requiring bureaucrats seek
permission before joining the private sector. The government also alleges
that the executive disclosed state secrets to News Corp.
Title: CNN: No Longer Exactly On Top of the News
Source: Washington Post (D9)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1997-09/02/030l-090297-idx.html
Author: Paul Farhi
Issue: Journalism
Description: No longer the innovator, CNN is struggling to retain audience
ratings in a sea of look-alike competitors. Parent company Time Warner
recently hired ABC news veteran Rick Kaplan, a 34-time Emmy winner, to
oversee the news channel's facelift. CNN News Group now includes seven news
channels, such as Headline News, CNNfn financial news, CNN/SI (with Sports
Illustrated), and the new CNN en Espanol.
At the FCC http://www.fcc.gov
"The Internet: From Here to Ubiquity": FCC Chairman Reed Hundt, in an
address to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer's Symposium
on Hot Chips http://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/Hundt/spreh742.html, Praises
Internet as Key to Competition and Economic Growth, Calls for Law to Free
Internet From Unwise Regulation and Monopoly Bottlenecks.
FCC Approves MCI/British Telecom Merger Subject to Certain Conditions
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/News_Releases/1997/nrin7033.html
FCC releases new brochure on What You Can Do About Unsolicited Telephone
Marketing Calls and Faxes http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/consumer_news/
At the NTIA http://www.ntia.doc.gov
NTIA has received a new supply of Privacy and Self-regulation in the
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risks information technologies pose for individual privacy. The papers
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