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Economic interests of cable companies are diverging
The Philadelphia InquirerMichael K. Powell son of former Secretary of State Colin Powell and the cable industry's front man in Washington arrived early for a recent Senate hearing and worked the room with the ease and confidence of a consummate Washington insider. He laughed....Tags: Comcast Corporation, U.S. Congress, Consumers, ABC (tv network), John Malone
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Obama pledges more Web access to slightly distracted middle-schoolers
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – President Obama on Thursday pledged to bring high-speed Internet to nearly all students in their classrooms within five years, calling on the Federal Communications Commission to expand an existing initiative that will help...
Tags: Arne Duncan, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Ex-FCC Chairman Reed Hundt wary of Koch brothers owning L.A. Times
A former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said rules limiting common ownership of newspapers and television stations in the same market should be gutted -- even if it clears the way for media mogul Rupert Murdoch to control more news...
Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Tribune Company, Los Angeles Times, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch
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Officials call on cellphone makers to help thwart theft
SAN FRANCISCO — Faced with a steep rise in smartphone theft, the San Francisco district attorney and New York’s attorney general said Wednesday that they will convene a summit next week with the top four phone makers to push for a...Tags: Apple iPhone, New York City, Microsoft Corporation, Theft, Google Inc.
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Medical alert device calls spread like a virus
If you've gotten a phone call or two — or three or more — offering you a free medical alert device, you're not alone. After writing last week about the suspicious calls, I heard from about 80 people whose phones have been ringing with the...
Tags: Marketing, Emmaus, Whitehall, Lawyers, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Obama wants to transform U.S. schools through faster Internet
ReutersWASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday will encourage American schools to engage their digital-era students by providing more laptops with high-speed internet connections and fewer textbooks and lectures. Obama will tour a...Tags: Washington, DC, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress
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Hey, FCC: What Are You Doing About Those Loud TV Ads?
ReutersJun 05 (TheWrap.com) - Hello FCC ⦠FCC. Can you hear me? Hello! Hey, what are you doing about toning down those loud TV commercials? Two legislators who helped Congress enact the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act in September 2010...Tags: Sheldon Whitehouse, Anna Eshoo, Television
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Koch Brothers Protests Put Pressure on Tribune Co., Even If It Is 'Premature'
VarietyAs public interest groups, progressive orgs and Writers Guild of America, East members rallied on Wednesday against the prospect that conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch would buy Tribune Co. or the Los Angeles Times, the official word is...Tags: David Koch, Greenpeace, Eli Broad, Tribune Company, Writers Guild of America
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Sen. Johnson to be in Aberdeen
Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., will attend a roundtable discussion on rural call completion Wednesday in Aberdeen. The event will begin at 11 a.m. in at Room A at the Ramada Inn Conference Center, 2727 Sixth Ave. N.E. It's open to the media. Ongoing call...Tags: Dwayne Johnson
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Johnson wants FCC action on dropped calls
The FCC needs to stop discriminating against rural America with regulations allowing carriers to drop more calls in rural areas, Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., said in Aberdeen Wednesday. Johnson hosted a roundtable discussion at the Ramada Inn to discuss...Tags: Level 3 Communications Incorporated, Punishment, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Companies and Corporations, Corporate Officers
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Comcast aces Tennis Channel! Google's Hollywood moment is here.
After the coffee. Before listening to another media investment conference. The Skinny: I was watching "Brooklyn DA," the CBS documentary series, Tuesday night, hoping for a crossover episode with the cast of "Girls," but no such luck. Tuesday's...
Tags: Comcast Corporation, AMC (tv network), Golf Channel (tv network), Sundance Film Festival, Tennis
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