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The 2000s: A History of the FCC’s Internet Policy Deregulation

[Source: Media Access Project, by Kamilla Kovacs, August 30, 2010]
Throughout years of debate on open Internet protections, cable and telecommunications carriers have continually argued that strong net neutrality rules will hurt investment. They maintain that ...

FCC's Plan for 'Net Neutrality' Rules Falters

[Source: LA Times, by Editorial, August 7, 2010]
The FCC has halted discussions amid reports spread that Google and Verizon will propose their own, less regulatory framework for Net neutrality.

F.C.C. Chief Opposes Fees for Internet Priority

[Source: The New York Times, by Edward Wyatt, August 5, 2010]
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that he believed it was “unacceptable” for Internet service providers to offer faster Internet transmission to content providers ...

Lots of Internet Competition -- Just Not at Home

[Source: Washington Post, by John Dunbar, August 3, 2010]
Guest post from John Dunbar of American University’s Investigative Reporting Workshop. John Dunbar and Cecilia Kang are working together on a project for the next several months looking at ...

On Defining the Third Way

[Source: Benton Foundation, by Amina Fazlullah and Alexandra Wood, August 3, 2010]
Regarding Reclassification:  A series of blog posts exploring the legal landscape of Communications Act Title I and II reclassification

48 Members Of Congress Tell FCC To Back Off Broadband Action

[Source: Broadcasting & Cable, by John Eggerton, July 30, 2010]
Reps. Gene Green (D-Tex.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) have introduced a concurrent resolution asking the FCC to hold off on reclassifying broadband or clarifying and expanding network neutrality regs ...

Obama's FCC Disappoints on Media, Internet Policies

[Source: Seattle Times, by Ryan Blethen (Editorial), July 30, 2010]
There was much hope when President Obama was inaugurated that the United States finally had a president who supported and understood media policies that would foster an independent press and ...

Genachowski On Broadband: Mission Not Accomplished

[Source: Broadcasting & Cable, by John Eggerton, July 28, 2010]
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Wednesday defended the FCC's conclusion in a broadband deployment status report released last week that broadband was not being rolled out to all ...

MTV Rated Excellent, CBS Fails in GLAAD's Fourth Annual Network Responsibility Index

[Source: GLADD.org, July 22, 2010]
The CW Leads Broadcast Networks for First Time; CBS Once Again Receives a “Failing” Rating for Lack of Inclusion of the LGBT Community

FCC Defends Authority To Loosen Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-Ownership

[Source: Broadcasting & Cable, by John Eggerton, July 21, 2010]
The FCC Wednesday filed a brief with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals defending its authority under then-Chairman Kevin Martin to loosen the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership ban.The ...