• Friday Morning iPhone Fallacies

    February 12, 2010

    Looking for some Friday morning fun? Read this post from Steven Titch, of the misnomered Technology Liberation Front, and count the fallacies.

    First, Titch gets it wrong on AT&T’s data capacity and the nature of exclusivity deals:

  • Close the Broadband Gap? Phone and Cable Giants Just Say 'No'

    February 10, 2010

    When it comes to getting everyone connected to an open, affordable and fast Internet, the big phone and cable companies have a new motto: "Just Say No."

    When the Obama administration called for a stimulus plan that included billions in grants to reach parts of the country that were struggling to get connected, the companies said "no" -- refusing to apply for money to close the broadband gap.

  • The Open Internet You'll Need to Start a Business

    February 9, 2010

    If you’re running a successful business today, chances are that you have a Web presence, or rely daily on the Internet. If you’re looking to launch a startup or finally dive into the creative idea you’ve been sitting on since college, you’ll need the Internet.

  • Growing Support from Communities of Color for an Open Internet

    February 4, 2010

    Support for Net Neutrality continues to grow among communities of color as the FCC considers rules to protect the open Internet.

  • Getting Crazy with a Green Screen for Net Neutrality

    February 4, 2010

    The open Internet means we can create anything we want online, including a funny rap video about my favorite topic (at least on this blog).

    Check out these two self-professed “nerds” hamming it up to a song about Net Neutrality. My favorite part, besides the sick dance moves:

  • Obama's YouTube Moment: 'I'm a Big Believer in Net Neutrality'

    February 1, 2010

    The power of the open Internet was on full display Monday as President Obama responded to questions from the public in a followup to last week's State of the Union address. And appropriately, one of the questions was about the president's support for the open Internet itself.

  • The Open Internet Is in the Public’s Interest

    January 29, 2010

    This is the sixth and final post in a series of posts by Chris Riley, Free Press Policy Counsel, to summarize the primary policy recommendations made in recent comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in its open Internet proceeding. Today’s topic: why open Internet rules are in the public interest.

  • The Gatekeepers’ Discrimination Delusion

    January 28, 2010

    This is the fifth in a series of posts by Chris Riley, Free Press Policy Counsel, to summarize the primary policy recommendations made in recent comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in its open Internet proceeding. Today’s topic: business models.

  • Why Media and Journalism Scholars Support Network Neutrality

    January 28, 2010

    Academic associations tend to be politically conservative.

    I don't mean that they revere Ronald Reagan and Milton Friedman, though plenty of scholars do. Rather, each group – representing a field's professors and graduate students – tends to evade controversy, rarely taking a public stance on an issue that might divide the membership.

  • Public Policy and Funding the News

    January 28, 2010

    This is a guest post by David Westphal, senior fellow at the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy at the University of Southern California. He is the author, along with Geoffrey Cowan, of Public Policy and Funding the News, published this week by the University of Southern California’s Center on Communication Leadership and Policy.

    For most of American history, the government has helped sustain commercial news businesses in two significant ways. It has offered steeply discounted mailing rates to newspaper and magazine publishers, and it has required government agencies and commercial businesses alike to publish paid notices in newspapers.

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