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2012 Public Media Summit

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:43:36 -0500

Start: 02/26/2012 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

The Public Media Summit expands the traditional Capitol Hill Day beyond legislative advocacy to include strategic planning for the future of the public media industry.

ARRA Broadband Grant and Loan Application Workshop - Blacksburg

Stevie Converse — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:04:59 -0500

Start: 02/09/2010 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announced its second series of public workshops connected to the application process for the second round of broadband grants and loans under the Recovery Act.

Broadband Policy Summit V: Building Out America

Jordan Berg — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:54:19 -0400

Start: 06/17/2009 - 23:33

End: 06/18/2009 - 23:33

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

On June 18-19, 2009 Pike & Fischer's communications policy forum which features 200 of the nation's communication corporate executives, regulators and legislators as they debate and discuss the future of the broadband landscape.

Virginia Uses Self-Help Program for Rural Broadband

Stevie Converse — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:34:44 -0500

Full article: Public Knowledge
Art Brodsky
A one-woman broadband evangelist who leads a government effort to bring broadband to rural areas of Virginia developed a high-energy, high-efficiency state program that has saved millions in taxpayer dollars and produced results in the most rural of areas.

Virginian-Pilot Cutting 10 Percent of Work Force

Stevie Converse — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:00:37 -0500

Full article: Associated Press
The <em>Virginian-Pilot</em> says it is cutting at least 125 positions, about 10 percent of its work force, mostly by laying off staff and closing affiliated publications. The newsroom will lose 15 employees and drop two open positions.

Warner vs. Gilmore: The Debate TV Won't Show You

Stevie Converse — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:20:55 -0400

Full article: Washington Post
if you're a northern Virginia resident interested in this fall's faceoff between two former governors now running for the U.S. Senate, you can forget about watching tonight's debate on TV. Not a single Washington, D.C., TV station will provide live coverage the only televised debate of this campaign.

Rural Virginia County Achieving Goal of Wireless Access Throughout

Stevie Converse — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:40:22 -0400

Full article: Speed Matters
Bland County, Virginia's goal of having high-speed wireless Internet access availability throughout the entire area is coming closer to reality.

First Amendment Allows Posting Social Security Numbers of State Officials

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:33:26 -0400

Full article: ars technica
Timothy B. Lee
A judge has ruled that a Virginia woman may continue to publish the Social Security numbers of public officials on her Web site as a protest against the Virginia government's failure to redact Social Security from its own public records.

DOJ Rejects Sinclair's Purchase of WTVR

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:57:57 -0400

Full article: TV Newsday
The DOJ's antitrust division rejects Sinclair's $85 million deal to buy WTVR, the Richmond CBS affiliate, from Raycom Media, citing a consent decree that it entered into with Raycom when Raycom purchased three stations from Lincoln Financial earlier this year.

D.C. Area Gets High Marks for Internet Speeds

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:54:41 -0400

Full article: Washington Post
Kim Hart
A state-by-state report released today of Internet connection speeds ranked DC, Virginia and Maryland relatively high on the list.