Comcasts proposed acquisition of Time Warner is, to put it lightly, controversial. The $45.2 billion all-stock transaction would extend Comcasts already substantial swaths of subscriber territory even farther, an idea thats incensed Senator Al Franken and a former FCC commissioner, among others. The FCC is starting its 180-day review of the deal today The FCC is starting its 180-day review […]
Michael Copps, who served as an FCC commissioner from 2001 until 2011, has put out a call to journalists everywhere encouraging them to generate a national discussion on the future of the internet. For more than a decade I occupied a front-row seat watching government policy undermine your profession and our democracy, Copps says in […]
Radio broadcasters, once a vital part of American culture, have been shedding listeners for decades — the mass transition to digital media has been particularly brutal for the AM band, where listenership against FM audiences is at a record low of 15 percent. FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai grew up listening to high school basketball games […]
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