By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 9-16-20 The Senate Commerce Committee has lined up a quartet of former Federal Trade Commissioners, including three former chairs, to talk about federal privacy legislation. The FTC has principal authority over online privacy enforcement, but that is confined to conduct that is anticompetitive or violates expressed policies on protecting [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 9-16-20 Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said the U.S. has to start re-imbedding its values of openness, transparency, and respect for human and civil rights into global tech standards or let China continue its march toward using new tech for authoritarian control and market domination. Warner, vice chairman of the [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 9-16-20 The Senate Judiciary Antitrust Committee weighed into the online advertising market Tuesday (Sept. 15) with an emphasis on the 600 pound gorilla in that space and whether it has exerted its power over anticompetitively, as critics have alleged. The tenor of the hearing was telegraphed in its clever [...]
Participated with the Reporters Committee and 49 other media organizations and outlets in a letter to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. The letter asks the Supreme Court to continue providing live audio access for the Court’s oral arguments and opinion announcements for the upcoming term as the Court is still [...]
Participated with the Reporters Committee and 63 other media organizations and outlets in a letter to Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva urging the Sheriff’s Department to take immediate steps to prevent another incident like the arrest of Josie Huang, a reporter for KPCC, an NPR member station owned and operated by Southern California [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 9-14-20 Federal Trade Commission chairman Joseph Simons is cautioning against a rush to regulate big tech. That came in virtual remarks at the International Competition Network (ICN) annual conference. ICN is a convocation of global competition authorities. In addition to being FTC chair, Simons is former head of the [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 9-14-20 Dave Grimaldi, former chief of staff to Federal Communications Commission member Mignon Clyburn and senior counsel to her father, House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), heads up advocacy before Congress and federal agencies for the Interactive Advertising Bureau, which represents some of the largest publishers and platforms in [...]
Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in BH Media Group, Inc. v. Clarke. The Richmond Times-Dispatch and three other news outlets brought suit against the Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections (“VDOC”), contending that VDOC violated [...]
By Gary Arlen, Multichannel News, 9-9-20 From its aggressive 5G deployment plan and a proposal to eliminate cable TV administrative paperwork – with additional action on robocalls, foreign ownership and IP calling services - the Federal Communications Commission intends to cover a lot of turf at its Sept. 30 monthly Open Meeting. The agenda, [...]
Former FCC Official Mignon Clyburn and David L. Cohen of Comcast To Be Honored FOR RELEASE: September 8, 2020 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., September 8, 2020 – A life-long civil rights defender and an industry leader in building Spanish-language media will present awards at The Media Institute’s “Free Speech [...]