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Net Neutrality on Deck [1]from MediaCitizen [2] on Nov 18, 2008
There's been heavy traffic over the Net Neutrality wires since the November 4 Election of Barack Hussein Obama, and it's not just because the president-elect was so outspoken in support ... Net Neutrality on Deck [3]from Save the Internet blog [4] on Nov 14, 2008
There’s been heavy traffic over the Net Neutrality wires since the November 4 Election of Barack Hussein Obama, and it’s not just because the president-elect was so outspoken in support ... Telecom and Space Conference -- November 13, 2008 in Washington, DC. [5]from saschameinrath.com [6] on Nov 12, 2008
pMy good friend, Marvin Ammori, is hosting the University of Nebraska Space amp; Telecom Law Program's Telecom and Space Conference in DC tomorrow. It's an all-star lineup and certain to ... New America Hosts Google CEO Eric Schmidt -- November 18th. [7]from saschameinrath.com [8] on Nov 11, 2008
pNew America Foundation is hosting a Qamp;A with Eric Schmidt in DC on November 18, 2008 at 1pm. Thought some of my readers might be interested in attending (and hopefully ... Obama Wants Your Media Reform Ideas [9]from Save the Internet blog [10] on Nov 07, 2008
Day two of President-Elect Barack Obama’s transition to the White House, and already he came out strong for media reform.
Yesterday he laid out his science and technology agenda, prominently ... Now Hear This Newsletter, November 6, 2008 [11]from Hear Us Now [12] on Nov 06, 2008
There were some huge votes and non-votes at the Federal Communications Commission on Election Day this past Tuesday, all of which could have major implications for consumers. And the FCC ... Supreme Court Hears Fox Profanity Case [13]from Center for Creative Voices in the Media [14] on Nov 06, 2008
Alas, the Supreme Court skedded our indecency case on, wouldn't you know it, Election Day. Choosing between Voter Protection in Virginia and the Supremes, we chose Voter Protection and thus ... Media Ownership Challenge Moved To Third Circuit [15]from Center for Creative Voices in the Media [16] on Nov 06, 2008
The appeal of the FCC's latest attempt to lift reasonable limits on ownership of media will be heard in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, the same court ... The Other Vote -- Victory at the FCC [17]from MediaCitizen [18] on Nov 05, 2008
Big Win for an Open InternetYesterday The Seattle Times Published my op-ed on "white spaces." Read it here. I was on Democracy Now! in the morning talking about the anticipated ... A Landslide Win for White Spaces [19]from Save the Internet blog [20] on Nov 04, 2008
The Federal Communications Commissions voted late Tuesday to approve the unlicensed use of “white spaces” — empty airwaves between television channels — for high-speed Internet access nationwide.
The landslide vote ... Activists and Bloggers Want White Spaces [21]from Save the Internet blog [22] on Nov 03, 2008
Just as the sun set on the official comment period on white spaces at the FCC Friday, activists and bloggers injected their voices on the future of the Internet.
Fifty-six ... White Spaces for the People [23]from Save the Internet blog [24] on Nov 03, 2008
Brian Beaudet lives in what’s locally called a “holler” in rural Marshall, N.C. “It’s very secluded but my family likes the privacy and the nature that surrounds us,” he says. ... C-SPAN Will Broadcast Same Bad Words That Got Fox Fined [25]from Center for Creative Voices in the Media [26] on Oct 24, 2008
C-SPAN has asked the Supreme Court for permission to air tapes of the oral argument in Fox v. FCC after the argument concludes on Nov. 4. If the Court grants ... Canadian Privacy Group Raises Key Concerns on Google, Doubleclick and Threat to our Privacy [27]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [28] on Sep 18, 2007
We urge everyone to read the CIPPIC petition filed yesterday in Canada asking for a investigation of Google and Doubleclick. Among the key questions raised is whether the two companies ... Google’s Mobile Search Advertising Ambition: Control the Market [29]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [30] on Sep 16, 2007
From Online Media Daily [”Google’s Mobile Ad Move Gets Everybody Talking.” Tameka Lee. September 14, 2007] excerpt:
The search giant “is acting fast to take control of the mobile search ... Peter Fleischer, Online Advertising & Privacy: More than PR is Required [31]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [32] on Sep 15, 2007
Mr. Fleischer made news yesterday when he presented Google’s call for “global privacy standards” at a UNESCO meeting. Google endorsed the weak (”flexible”) APEC proposal as a model framework. Really, ... Keep Your Eye on Mobile Advertising, Marketing & Privacy, esp. Google, Microsoft and the Carriers [33]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [34] on Sep 12, 2007
The online mobile space will be hugely important to civil society, communities, and the public. We have concerns about how the mobile marketing “ecosystem,” as its called by the industry, ... Google: Cash, not Quality, Redefines Top Paid Search Placement [35]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [36] on Sep 11, 2007
As Google changes its policies so it can dramatically broaden its reach for advertisers, esp. the ones with the deepest marketing pockets, it’s key to understand what it means for ... Google’s Ad Industry-related Job Openings: help us become the “definitive source of marketing intelligence” [37]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [38] on Sep 09, 2007
These three job announcements from Google are too good to ignore. They say a lot about where Google–and global society–are headed. I’ve excerpted from the complete ad (but links are ... Google and Yahoo! Among Largest Donors of Ad Council [39]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [40] on Sep 09, 2007
In a full-page ad in today’s New York Times “Week in Review” section, the Ad Council lists its `who’s who’ of media and big brand donors. Atop its list is ... Video Ads Likely to Appear on Searches from Google [41]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [42] on Sep 07, 2007
The evolution of Google from a system designed to provide the public with information into a full-blown data–collection broadband video platform promoting the interests of brands and marketers will make ... Knight Foundation and a Grant for Viacom’s MTV: Funding a giant on its Journalism advisory committee [43]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [44] on Sep 06, 2007
We have long had concerns about foundations funding media conglomerates to provide public service content. So, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s recent award of $700,000 to MTV ... Yahoo!’s Electoral Ambitions: Behavorial Targeting and Beyond [45]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [46] on Sep 05, 2007
Yahoo! has unveiled an online targeting ad category for elections–raising serious questions about privacy and potential voter manipulation. Now, in addition to fast foods and cars, marketers can use Yahoo!’s ... Yahoo! Swallows Blue Lithium to Expand its Behavioral Targeting Effort [47]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [48] on Sep 05, 2007
The ever-growing consolidation of control in the online ad market continues (something CDD and USPIRG warned the FTC about in Nov. 2006). Yesterday, Yahoo! acquired ad network and behavioral targeting ... For Sale on Ebay: Your Online Privacy [49]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [50] on Sep 05, 2007
eBay is working with behavioral targeting technologies, including a test “retargeting” users (that means electronically shadowing) as they visit AOL, MSN, clients of Yahoo’s RightMedia ad exchange and other sites ...
