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House panel votes to repeal new FCC Internet rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have taken another step toward repealing new Federal Communications Commission rules that prohibit phone and cable companies from interfering with Internet traffic on their broadband networks. The House Commerce...Tags: Elections, Regional Authority, Politics, Washington, DC, Verizon Communications
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Obama Formally Taps Tom Wheeler as FCC Chairman
ReutersMay 01 (TheWrap.com) - President Obama on Wednesday formally tapped Tom Wheeler, managing director of Core Capital Partners, as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. FCC Commissioner  Mignon L. Clyburn will serve as interim...Tags: Elections, Politics, U.S. Senate, Consumers, Federal Communications Commission
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Obama Expected to Name Tom Wheeler as FCC Chairman
ReutersApr 30 (TheWrap.com) - President Obama is expected to formally announce today that he will replace departing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski with Tom Wheeler and the reaction is already starting to flow in. Some consumer...Tags: Elections, Politics, Lobbying, Corporate Officers, Consumers
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Many questions for Gov. Rick Scott, some answers
Sun SentinelGov. Rick Scott ran through a wide range of topics during an hour with the Sun Sentinel editorial board on Tuesday. The central point: Everything’s going well in Florida, from Scott’s vantage. “The state’s headed in the right...Tags: Elections, Government, Bill Nelson, Regional Authority, Politics
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President Barack Obama will soon appoint a new chairman of the FCC to replace outgoing chairman Julius Genachowski. The FCC has many important issues pending. One is a request from Congress that the FCC determine if there is "effective competition" among...Tags: Politics, Washington, DC, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress
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FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell exiting
Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell, who was seen as a free-market advocate and friend to the media industry and a foil to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, announced he is leaving the regulatory agency in the next few weeks. A...
Tags: Media Industry, White House, Liberty Media Corporation, Comcast Corporation, Mitt Romney
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AT&T opens up FaceTime to all — except customers on unlimited plan
AT&T this week announced that all iPhone users with tiered or shared data plans can now make cellular FaceTime calls. That's good news for those customers, but AT&T's critics say it should stop withholding the feature from the last group still being...
Tags: Politics, Verizon Communications, Freedom of the Press, Computer Hardware, Federal Communications Commission
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Comcast scraps broadband cap, moves to usage-based billing
CNNMoneyComcast on Thursday decided to get rid of its controversial 250 gigabyte-per-month cap for its broadband customers, replacing it with a usage-based billing system. The company put its current cap in place in 2008. The decision was aimed at a small number...Tags: Hulu, Verizon Communications, Economy, Business and Finance, Consumers, YouTube
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Bin Laden's last words posted online, include worry over crumbling terror network; murder plots
WASHINGTON (AP)— In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and crumbling trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West. A selection of documents seized in...
Tags: News Media, Taliban, Politics, CNN (tv network), Terrorism
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The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur on “fake neutrality” in TV news
Channel Guide MagazineThough the official general election season is still months away, your television is likely overrun with incendiary ads and partisan discourse that drive you nuts. But before you turn on that “news” program that makes you feel so much better,... -
David Ignatius: Bin Laden's plot against Obama
davidignatius@washpost.comBefore his death, Osama bin Laden boldly commanded his network to organize special cells in Afghanistan and Pakistan to attack the aircraft of President Obama and Gen. David Petraeus. “The reason for concentrating on them is that Obama is the...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Religion and Belief, Osama bin Laden, Iraq, CNN (tv network)
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Technology: Will Google Wallet ever open on Verizon phones?
Opinion L.A.By asking Google to remove an app from a forthcoming phone for its network, Verizon Wireless has rekindled the debate over a compromise in the Federal Communications Commission's Net neutrality rules that Google and Verizon helped broker. The app is......
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