 The FCC's Guide to Losing Net Neutrality Without Really Trying Over the past year, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has managed to take the administration's top tech priority -- and Obama's promise to "take a back seat to no one" on the issue -- and driven it into a ditch. Now Genachowski expects the millions of Americans who have spoken out for Net Neutrality to swallow this lemon when the FCC meets to vote on his rules on Dec. 21. Craig Aaron, Huffington Post More than 80 Groups Demand Real Net Neutrality More than 80 organizations and businesses are urging FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to enact real Net Neutrality rules, not the empty compromise the chairman has proposed. The letter highlights five key areas in the rules that should be improved to protect the free and open Internet. Megan Tady, SavetheInternet.com Lobbying War over Net Heats Up Big phone and cable companies are outgunning Silicon Valley in last-minute lobbying to shape a pending FCC proposal to prevent Internet providers from interfering with Web traffic. Amy Schatz, Wall Street Journal Kerry Asks Copps and Clyburn to Vote Yes on Net Neutrality Chairman of the Senate Commerce Communications Subcommittee John Kerry (D-Mass.) wrote Democratic FCC Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael Copps urging them to vote yes on the agency's December vote on Net Neutrality. Eliza Krigman, National Journal  At FCC Chairman Dinner, Biggest Buzz Comes from the Crowd At an annual dinner honoring the chairman of the FCC, special attention was paid to Julius Genachowski as he struggles to gain enough support to pass his controversial Net Neutrality proposal. But true to form, Genachowski didn't break news, and what was perhaps most interesting was commentary from observers and FCC officials about his chances at getting his proposal passed later this month. Cecilia Kang, Washington Post FCC to Hold Forum on Teenagers and Technology Parents, researchers and educators have been asking whether the spread of mobile devices and Internet access, for all their benefits, can have negative side effects for young people, interfering with homework or leading to cyberbullying. Now the government is asking the same question. Matt Richtel, New York Times Consumers Asks Government to Crack Down on 'Bill Shock' Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, wrote to lawmakers and the FCC urging them to require wireless companies to alert customers before hitting them with hefty overage fees. Gautham Nagesh, The Hill Hearing Date Set for Tennis Complaint Against Comcast The FCC has set a March 29 date for a hearing on Tennis Channel's program carriage complaint against Comcast. Tennis Channel argues that Comcast is favoring its own similarly situated networks Versus and Golf Channel by placing them on more widely viewed tiers. John Eggerton, Multichannel News  Leaked Memos Reveal How Fox News Spun Health Care Debate Fox News has been accused before of promoting Republican talking points. Now, new reports reveal internal memos from Fox News executives that "echoed a key GOP talking point" during the health care debate. Michael Calderone, Yahoo! News Copyright Troll Righthaven Sues for Control of Drudge Report Domain News aggregation impresario Matt Drudge is being sued for copyright infringement for reproducing a copyrighted photo along with a link to a story about airport security on the Las Vegas Review-Journal website. The plaintiff in the case is Righthaven, a company that's earned a reputation this year as a world-class copyright troll. Eriq Gardner, Ars Technica China Moves to Block Foreign News on Nobel Prize Chinese censors apparently began blocking the news websites of CNN, the BBC and the Norwegian broadcaster NRK from appearing in China, a day before the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is to be held in Oslo to honor Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned dissident. David Barboza, New York Times |  This week: A new book and webisodes use humor and satire to show how reality TV is anything but real. And an annual holiday project that uses radio to connect family and friends to the incarcerated is keeping hope alive. Listen here.  Internet Issues Bog Down Comcast-NBC Merger Rivals, legislators and watchdog groups fear that Comcast, armed with NBC content, will wield too much power in determining how the Internet develops as a medium to watch TV and movies. Los Angeles Times Web Attackers Point to Cause in WikiLeaks The coordinated attacks on major corporate and government websites in defense of WikiLeaks suggested that the loosely organized group called "Anonymous" might have come of age, evolving into one focused on more serious matters: in this case, the definition of Internet freedom. New York Times Data by the Bucket As the mobile industry weighs the pros and cons of usage-based pricing, a new way for consumers to buy data service may be on the cusp of making an appearance. Wall Street Journal Fox Shows to Continue, Time Warner Says Time Warner Cable is telling Buffalo, N.Y., subscribers it will continue to carry Fox network programs into January and beyond, even if its deal with the owner of WUTV, the local Fox affiliate, expires and the station is dropped from the local cable system. Buffalo News Two Weeks on, One Week Off in Shorter 2011 House Schedule House Republicans unveiled a 2011 schedule that will keep lawmakers in the nation's capital for shorter periods of time, allowing them to travel home more frequently. The schedule represents a major change from how Democrats have run the lower chamber over the last four years. The Hill A Bailout for the U.S. Postal Service? Imagine a company that reported losses in 14 of the past 16 quarters, has too many retail outlets by its own admission, and relies heavily on work done for its two biggest competitors for revenue. Any management consultant would recommend the obvious: Close unnecessary offices, lay off workers, expand into new lines of business, and raise prices. But this is the U.S. Postal Service. Bloomberg News   |
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