The FCC workshop on media’s future and the Internet’s impact will have three panels and be opened by Commissioner Michael Copps, the agency said Monday. Future of Media project leader Steve Waldman will moderate. A panel overview of the public interest will have Paul Starr of Princeton University, ex-FCC General Counsel Henry Geller and Deputy Media Bureau Chief Bob Ratcliffe. A panel on radio and TV and the public interest will have Angela Campbell of Georgetown University, Barbara Cochran of the Radio Television Digital News Association, Jerry Fritz of Allbritton Communications, Eric Klinenberg of New York University, Jane Mago of NAB, Tom Rosenstiel of the Pew Research Center and Andrew Schwartzman of the Media Access Project. On a panel on convergence are Dan Brenner of Hogan & Hartson, Christopher Guttman-McCabe of CTIA, Jeff Jarvis of CUNY, Srinandan Kasi of the Associated Press, Ben Scott of Free Press and Adam Thierer of the Progress & Freedom Foundation.
House Democrats voiced skepticism that no jobs would be lost as a result of the Comcast-NBC Universal deal, during a wide-ranging hearing Thursday before the Judiciary Committee. Members also grilled the companies’ executives on independent programming and diversity in programming and corporate leadership. Republicans seemed more amenable to the deal, though some sought assurances that Comcast would more forcefully address intellectual property issues.
House Democrats voiced skepticism that no jobs would be lost as a result of the Comcast-NBC Universal deal, during a wide-ranging hearing Thursday before the Judiciary Committee. Members also grilled the companies’ executives on independent programming and diversity in programming and corporate leadership. Republicans seemed more amenable to the deal, though some sought assurances that Comcast would more forcefully address intellectual property issues.
PHILADELPHIA -- Janet Jackson’s 2004 Super Bowl show “wardrobe malfunction” is still causing judicial grief. During oral argument in CBS v. FCC, a panel of judges on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seemed frustrated by a Supreme Court ruling in another indecency case that forced them to reassess their earlier decision against the agency’s indecency policy. “The judges made pretty plain … that they think they were right the first time,” said Andrew Schwartzman, Media Access Project CEO and a lawyer for an amicus party to the case. “But they are reluctant to adhere to their prior ruling in light of the Supreme Court’s decision” in Fox v. FCC which focused on indecent “fleeting words” (CD April 29 p2), he said.
The FTC and the FCC are looking for ways help the news industry fund local civic journalism but have to be careful not to pick fixes that run counter to technology such as the Internet, said Susan DeSanti, the FTC’s director of policy planning. At a Georgetown Center of Business and Public Policy event, DeSanti and other speakers discussed whether bundling news with other Web content such as sports or entertainment could help sustain civic journalism. “In general the Internet unbundles things,” DeSanti said. “Don’t fight the technology. Try to find a solution that works with it.” She said she was speaking for herself only.
Large and small companies and advocacy groups made late ex parte filings even as an FCC rulemaking notice on ex parte procedures was circulating. A review of more than 1,000 filings posted online by the commission Nov. 1 to Feb. 12 on a variety of issues found that this is a continuing practice. The rulemaking is set for a Thursday vote (CD Feb 10 p5).
The FTC and the FCC are looking for ways help the news industry fund local civic journalism but have to be careful not to pick fixes that run counter to technology such as the Internet, said Susan DeSanti, the FTC’s director of policy planning. At a Georgetown Center of Business and Public Policy event, DeSanti and other speakers discussed whether bundling news with other Web content such as sports or entertainment could help sustain civic journalism. “In general the Internet unbundles things,” DeSanti said. “Don’t fight the technology. Try to find a solution that works with it.” She said she was speaking for herself only.
CEA President Gary Shapiro on Thursday generally hailed Google’s plans to build and test ultra-high-speed broadband networks. Google announced the plans on its policy blog Wednesday.
Google plans to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks, the company said on its policy blog Wednesday. As part of the National Broadband Plan, the FCC “should build ultra high-speed broadband networks as testbeds in several communities across the country” to help the industry “learn how to bring faster and better broadband access to more people,” the company said.
Google plans to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks, the company said on its policy blog Wednesday. As part of the National Broadband Plan, the FCC “should build ultra high-speed broadband networks as testbeds in several communities across the country” to help the industry “learn how to bring faster and better broadband access to more people,” the company said.