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No-Show Genachowski Irks Free Press

Stevie Converse — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:12:43 -0400

Full article: TV Newscheck
Kim McAvoy
Free Press, an advocacy group opposed to media consolidation, thinks that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski should rearrange his schedule and preside at the agency's public forum on the proposed Comcast-NBCU merger in Chicago on July 13.

Dueling Hearings on Comcast-NBC Merger

Stevie Converse — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:14:08 -0400

Full article: Community Media Workshop
Curtis Black
The FCC comes to Chicago July 13, for a hearing on the proposed merger of Comcast and NBC-Universal. So why is a local member of Congress — with a history of ties to the telecommunications industry — holding his own hearing a few days earlier?

Eating Broadband for Breakfast: Doomsday Scenarios for Chicago's Media Landscape

Stevie Converse — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:38:29 -0400

Full article: Gapers Block
Timna Axel
Chicago will be the center for hearings on the Comcast-NBC merger for the next week. On July 8, there is a congressional hearing. And the FCC will be in town on July 13, for a public hearing. The $28 billion deal could lay off workers, kill local news, monopolize Chicago's telecom market, herald the destruction of broadcast television and prefigure the corporate hijacking of fair and open Internet -- indeed, the end of the World Wide Web as we know it.

FCC Announces Agenda for Comcast-NBC Merger Public Forum in Chicago

Stevie Converse — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:38:26 -0400

Full article: Federal Communications Commission
The FCC Media Bureau announced the agenda for its July 13, 2010, public forum being held from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Northwestern University Law School, Thorne Auditorium, 375 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611. The two-panel forum will discuss the Comcast/NBCU/GE joint venture proposal, followed by a public comment period on the proposed transaction. The forum will be streamed over the Internet.

If Verizon Wants to Discuss a Fifth Principle of Net Neutrality, We Need a Rulemaking

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:41:59 -0400

Full article: Public Knowledge
Harold Feld
Verizon's willingness to discuss a fifth principle of Net Neutrality should not magically make the debate disappear into backrooms. We need an open debate, where Verizon and other providers spell out exactly what they mean, where members of the public can respond, and where we end up with rules that protect an open Internet.

Dingell Probe of FCC Could Yield June Hearing

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:02:26 -0400

Full article: Multichannel News
Ted Hearn

Audio of FCC Hearing at Stanford Archived at KPFA

Stevie Converse — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:19:26 -0400

Full article: KPFA-FM

FCC Stanford Hearing

Stevie Converse — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:04:44 -0400

Full article: Seattle Times
Ryan Blethen

Lessig Leads Net Neutrality Charge in Stanford Inquisition

Stevie Converse — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:21:45 -0400

Full article: The Register
Cade Metz

Even Grannies Fight for Net Neutrality

Stevie Converse — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:01:12 -0400

Full article: PC World
Kajsa Linnarsson