Digital Future of Public Media

Future of Media FCC Comments

  • By New America Foundation, Free Press, and Media Access Project
May 10, 2010

New American Foundation, Free Press, and Media Access Project et al. respectfully submit these comments in the FCC’s inquiry into the Future of Media.  This proceeding represents an ambitious, yet critical undertaking to examine the news and information needs of communities in light of economic and technological shifts in the media industry.  These comments encompass four broad areas for the Commission’s consideration:

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Filling the Pipes: Why Broadband Is Valuable

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  • Kara Hadge
March 17, 2010
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In 2007, the fastest private Internet connection in the world belonged to a 75-year-old woman in Sweden. A 40-Gigabit-per-second connection streamed into the home of Sigbritt Löthberg of Karlstad, thanks to her son, Internet pioneer Peter Löthberg.
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Beyond the Echo Chamber

  • and Tracy Van Slyke
February 9, 2010

What do high-impact projects look like? What are the common goals against which success might be measured in the progressive media sector?
--FROM BEYOND THE ECHO CHAMBER

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Did the FCC announce 100 megabits or bust?

February 16, 2010

Washington, DC -- Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced the "100 Squared" initiative, a commitment to bring 100 megabit per second (mbps) broadband access to 100 million households, as part of the upcoming National Broadband Plan.

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...and Communications for All?

Monday, January 26, 2009 - 10:00am

Over the past year, the Future of American Communications (FACT) Working Group, composed of sixteen telecommunications scholars from eleven American universities, has been putting together a communications policy agenda for the next administration.

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Fiber to the Home: Ideal Economic Stimulus? | CircleID

December 4, 2008
I stumbled across a really interesting paper this week, written by Derek Slater and Tim Wu, and it set me to thinking. Slater is a policy analyst for Google ...
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Groups Urge Obama to Adopt National Broadband Strategy | CongressDaily/Nextgov

December 2, 2008
Underscoring the adage that politics makes strange bedfellows, AT&T, Cisco, Free Press, Google, New America Foundation, National Cable and ...
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Telecoms, Other Groups Draw Up National Broadband Strategy | CNET News

December 2, 2008
The group, which includes Cisco, Verizon, Google, the New America Foundation, Public Knowledge, the American Library Association, and others, ...
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FCC to Mull Free Internet Plan at Dec. Meeting | Reuters

December 2, 2008
"I don't know of any other major players" that would bid with such an approach, said Sascha Meinrath, research director at the New America Foundation. ...
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Obama Urged to Implement Broadband Plan | CBC.ca

December 2, 2008
The BB4US coalition, which has 55 members including consumer groups Free Press and the New America Foundation, technology companies such as Google Inc. and ...
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