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ESPN gets a LeBron James exclusive, but to do it, the Disney sports network appears to have sacrificed revenue -- and even some journalistic control by letting Mr. James choose one of his interviewers -- in exchange for the ratings and buzz the event is likely to provide. read more

A flurry of recent meetings among broadband negotiators have failed to bridge wide gaps over how U.S. authorities should regulate access to high-speed Internet services, wiping away chances for a fix this year and threatening billions of dollars in industry investments. read more

The wireless industry urged the Federal Communications Commission not to mandate that cell phone companies make their billing practices clearer, a possibility the agency is considering in its effort to mitigate "bill shock." read more

The Federal Communications Commission is releasing the results of its 2008 Biennial Review of telecommunications regulations. The Commission is required to review, in every even-numbered year, all regulations issued under... read more

The periodical shelves at Stanford University's Engineering Library are nearly bare. Library chief Helen Josephine says that in the past five years, most engineering periodicals have been moved online, making their print versions pretty obsolete -- and books aren't doing much better. read more

The Federal Communications Commission restarted the clock on its review of the $30 billion Comcast-NBC Universal merger. Apparently, an announcement is forthcoming. read more

On July 8, twenty public interest, industry and consumer groups announced a coalition to oppose the proposed merger between Comcast and NBC Universal, citing its potential harm on competition and consumer choice. read more

The House Communications Subcommittee holds a field hearing in Chicago today to consider the Comcast-NBCU merger. read more

Facebook, the social network service that started in a Harvard dorm room just six years ago, is growing at a dizzying rate around the globe, surging to nearly 500 million users, from 200 million users just 15 months ago. read more

Facebook is trying to rev up its advertising business with a little help from your friends. The social-networking site is aggressively pitching to big advertisers the latest in a series of ad formats that tell users which of their Facebook friends have expressed interest in the brand or product featured in the ad. read more

The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed "Perfect Citizen" to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, read more

National Public Radio now says it wants to be known simply as NPR. read more

It is tempting to believe that smartphones will follow personal computers into a winner-takes-all world, in which a Windows equivalent crushes the opposition through sheer ubiquity and business leverage. But Gapper doesn't believe that will happen. read more

Japan's straitjacket campaign laws forbid candidates to knock on doors, update their Web sites or advertise on television. read more

The Drive Coalition, an effort by lobbyists to reframe the debate about distracted driving, has crashed and burned. The coalition was the brainchild of a Washington firm called the Seward Square Group. The idea was to rally support for mobile device makers, car companies and others to fight state laws aimed at prohibiting motorists from talking and texting while driving. read more

"I have seen the future of television, and it doesn't involve a television." read more

In a legal setback for Walt Disney, a federal jury awarded the creator of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" nearly $269.2 million in damages from the once-popular prime-time game show. The decision strikes at the heart of the "vertical integration" argument that has buttressed the wave of consolidation that has swept Hollywood over the last 20 years, in which media giants contend that it is economically advantageous to control both the production and distribution of TV programming. read more

The whole world seems to watch YouTube, and now a filmmaking team led by Oscar-winning documentary director Kevin Macdonald and producer Ridley Scott wants to use YouTube to turn a camera on the world. Announced July 6, the project, called "Life in a Day," will seek nonfiction video submissions from around the globe in hopes of weaving together a snapshot collage of one 24-hour period of human life. read more