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July 25, 2010

18:30
TV editorials on a comeback
Editorials are as old-school as TV gets, yet there's a movement to resurrect the format. read more

July 23, 2010

07:19
The UN Threat to Internet Freedom
In 1988, delegates from 114 countries gathered in Melbourne, Australia, to negotiate an international treaty for the future of telecommunications regulation. Since then, representatives from nations as diverse as Ghana, China and the U.S. have reunited and agreed that the Internet -- that amazing global network of networks -- was different from traditional phone service, and was best kept free from international phone regulation. That could change soon. read more
07:14
Senate Commerce Committee Passes Spectrum Bill
On July 22, the Senate Commerce Committee passed, on a voice vote, the Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2010 (S. 3490). read more
07:12
Is the death of books upon us?
The age of books is ending. Children born today will experience not the extinction of the book, per se, but the slow decline of the universal yet wonderfully idiosyncratic process of giving and receiving actual books, holding and shifting them in the lap, turning pages, and moving the eye and the mind across ink and shadow. read more
07:11
Facebook is ubiquitous, but is it really an antisocial network?
Earlier this week Facebook acquired its 500 millionth user. This means that more people are on Facebook, which got its start a mere six years ago, than live in the United States, Canada and Mexico combined. Fewer people live on Facebook than in China, but Facebook is banned in China. If it weren't, then Facebook would have even more users. How to mark this moment? read more
07:10
Apple, Obama, Octopus
The social media universe put two of the biggest names in politics and technology under the microscope last week, highlighting their perceived failures. read more
07:09
Gottlieb, Wynn Tapped
President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint Howard L. Gottlieb to be a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and Elaine Wynn to be... read more
07:08
How VJs are changing TV news
As television newsrooms expect more of their journalists to work solo, the trend is affecting both the process of newsgathering and the product that goes on the air. read more
07:04
FCC Extends Comment Period on the Impact to Broadband Communications Networks from Equipment Failures or Severe Overloads
The Federal Communications Commission has extended the deadline for comments on the Effects on Broadband Communications Networks Of Damage to or Failure of Network Equipment Or Severe Overload until September 3, 2010. read more

July 22, 2010

18:23
Schumer files new version of campaign-finance bill to court centrist votes
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has filed a new version of a campaign-finance bill aimed at winning the support of Maine's key GOP centrist Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins. read more
18:21
Reps Boucher and Terry: The Universal Service Fund is broken
Reps Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, and Lee Terry (R-NE) introduced the Universal Service Reform Act of 2010. read more
18:19
New NTCA chief: Universal Service is 'lifeblood' for small telcos
A Q&A with Shirley Bloomfield, the new CEO of the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association. read more
18:18
DISH: Court Won't Delay Noncom HD Mandate
The U.S. District Court for Nevada has denied DISH Network's request for a preliminary injunction against implementation of the noncommercial station HD carriage mandate in the satellite reauthorization law. read more
18:16
Clear Channel Donates Two More Stations to Minorities
Clear Channel Radio donated two more radio stations -- KFXN-AM (Minneapolis, MN) and WTOC-AM (Newton, NJ) -- to the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, adding to the four it previously donated. As part of the MMTC-Clear Channel Ownership Diversity Initiative, the stations will be re-launched with new minority operators and executives. read more
18:14
House Privacy Hearing Recap
The House The Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection held a legislative hearing on July 22. The hearing examined H.R. 5777, the BEST PRACTICES Act, introduced by Rep Bobby Rush (D-IL), and a discussion draft, released by Reps Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Cliff Stearns (R-FL), to require notice to and consent of an individual prior to the collection and disclosure of certain personal information relating to that individual. read more
18:12
Commerce Committee Advances America COMPETES Reauthorization Bill
On July 22, the Senate Commerce Committee approved the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010. read more
18:10
USDA Seeks Public Comment on Distance Learning and Telemedicine Programs
Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager announced that USDA will facilitate a virtual discussion for individuals interested in the field of telemedicine. read more
18:09
Competition Coalition Calls Comcast/NBCU Response 'Weak' Effort
Critics of the Comcast/NBCU merger, who banded together as the Coalition for Competition in Media (Bloomberg, Common Cause, Free Press, Media Access Project and the Writers Guild East and West among them), fired back at Comcast/NBCU's defense of its proposed deal. read more
18:07
Rep Boucher: D-Block Reallocation Would Count As Loss Revenues
House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher (D-VA) said that if Congress passes legislation reallocating a controversial chunk of spectrum for use by public safety officials for a nationwide interoperable broadband communications network, it would count as a loss of as much as $3 billion in revenues to the federal government. read more
18:05
White House cites use of health data as example of its innovation initiative
Efforts by federal agencies to release health data have given the Obama Administration an opportunity to tout its national innovation strategy, which is aimed in part at accelerating job growth in the health information technology sector. read more