Comcast/TW/Adelphia Deal In Trouble — Update
Back in December 2005, I wrote this piece suggesting that it might not be smooth sailing for the proposed deal between Comcast and Time Warner to split the bankrupt Adelphia systems between them and...
View ArticleHelp Stop The Merger Madness
My friends at Free Press have set up this page to file comments opposing the AT&T/BellSouth Merger and the Comcast/Time Warner/Adelphia deal. I won't go over old ground again in detail here.
View ArticleAnd Suddenly, the Universe Changed
Well, it's been busy in the Senate today. While all the Senators were locked down by police on a mistaken report of gunfire, they took the time to confirm Robert McDowell for the FCC.
View ArticleMeanwhile….Back at the FCC….
The forces of media consolidation continue to make headway now that the FCC has a full contingent of 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats. At the June 21, 2006 meeting, the FCC, by 3-2 vote, began the process...
View ArticleAn Appreciation For Commissioner Adelstein
Like everyone else in the telecom world, I'm pleased and relieved the Senate finally confirmed Julius Genachowski and reconfirmed Robert McDowell. But I need to echo Commissioner Copps' sentiments that...
View ArticleTitle II, Robert McDowell, And The Boy Who Cried ‘Black Helicopter.’
I noted with some considerable interest the February 17 Wall St. Journal Op Ed by Former FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell and Gordon M. Goldstein describing how reclassifying broadband as a Title II...
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