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Variety: AT&T-Time Warner, Sinclair-Tribune Test Trump Era Appetite for Big Media Mergers

As a candidate, Donald Trump warned of the dangers of media concentration. Now that he’s president, however, those dangers appear to exist on a case-by-case basis. AT&T’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner, one of the biggest media mergers ever, has suddenly hit a speed bump after Justice Dept. lawyers told…

Posted on November 15, 2017January 7, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

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Wired: FCC CHAIR AJIT PAI’S SILENCE ON TRUMP TWEETS SPEAKS VOLUMES

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S war of words with the press escalated again Wednesday when he suggested challenging, or revoking, the broadcasting licenses of stations that air network news programming. The response from the chair of the Federal Communications Commission: silence. (more…)

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

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The Center for Public Integrity: The future of the internet is up for grabs — theoretically

The Trump administration is weighing one of the most significant rulings on how the internet will operate in the future — broadly affecting both the U.S. economy and how Americans get crucial information — but the decision is already a foregone conclusion. Unlike three years ago, when Washington was abuzz…

Posted on October 3, 2017October 13, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

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CNN Tech: Trump’s FCC head gets another term after outcry

In just nine months, Ajit Pai has ignited firestorms over net neutrality, broadband privacy and media mergers. Now the Federal Communications Commission chairman is about to extend his tenure on the job. The Senate voted largely along party lines Monday to confirm Pai to another five-year term at the FCC. Pai, formerly a Republican commissioner…

Posted on October 2, 2017October 11, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

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Motherboard: The Comment Period Is Over, But the Battle for Net Neutrality Ain’t Done Yet

For nearly two decades, the federal government, public interest advocates, and corporate giants like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast, have been fighting over how best to ensure that the internet remains a free and open platform for innovation, economic growth, and civic empowerment. In 2017, it's easy for most Americans take net neutrality for granted—especially privileged…

Posted on September 30, 2017October 13, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

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CNET: FCC head, a critic of net neutrality rules, likely to be reconfirmed

It looks like Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will get to keep his job for another five years, despite protests from Democrats. The US Senate voted 55-41 Thursday to advance his nomination. A final vote to approve the nomination is expected Monday. Republicans have enough votes to reconfirm Pai,…

Posted on September 29, 2017October 13, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

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Ars Technica: BIG SHOCKER — 98.5% of unique net neutrality comments oppose Ajit Pai’s anti-Title II plan

A study funded by Internet service providers has found something that Internet service providers really won't like. The overwhelming majority of people who wrote unique comments to the Federal Communications Commission want the FCC to keep its current net neutrality rules and classification of ISPs as common carriers under Title II…

Posted on September 1, 2017October 11, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

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Statement of Gigi Sohn on the August 30th Closing of the FCC’s Net Neutrality Public Comment Period

August 30th could very well mark the official beginning of the end for the Open Internet. With the closing of the public comment period for the FCC’s proceeding to repeal the 2015 Net Neutrality rules, the record is now full of tens of millions of comments, many of them demonstrably…

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

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Mountain View Voice: Start-ups push to preserve net neutrality

Mountain View's tech startups are girding themselves for a big political fight over the data vital to their businesses. Smaller web companies say they could be crippled by slower bandwidth while premium data service is reserved for the large tech giants. The issue is net neutrality, the principle that all…

Posted on June 23, 2017June 28, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

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Ars Technica: How to write a meaningful FCC comment supporting net neutrality

If you're hoping to keep strong net neutrality rules on the books, a former Federal Communications Commission official has some advice for writing a great comment to the FCC. (more…)

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