Google’s announcement that Kansas City, Kansas, is the winner of its year-long search for a city worthy of a 1GB fiber network left hundreds of other cities disappointed. And some of the losers may have their state’s anti-municipal broadband laws to blame for their loss. And the problems with American media are no laughing matter. Yet somehow, comedians are making it funny.

The U.S. Postal Service’s recent proposal to hike postal rates has small print publications and news outlets worried for their future. And a deal between Google and Verizon could mark the beginning of the end of the Internet as we know it.

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and NBC's Jeff Zucker tried to paint a rosy picture for Congress of life after a mega-merger of their two companies, but union workers and independent producers weren't impressed. Intellectual property scholar Lawrence Lessig has once again been a victim of a YouTube takedown. And Topeka, Kan., changes its name to Google.

Law professor Susan Crawford discusses Google's plan to build high-speed fiber networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States. And Public Knowledge has introduced a new Copyright Reform Act -- model legislation that will look at updating copyright law for the digital age.

As Google expands its book search service, consumer privacy protections are shrinking. Privacy watchdogs want the search giant to takes steps to ensure our privacy. And Dan Rather called on President Barack Obama to form a White House commission on journalism and public media.