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RecentlyGoogle Fighting YouTube Blackout in China Google was working to restore its YouTube video service in China, after the Chinese government blocked access to the site, which was flooded with videos of clashes between police and protesters in Tibet and other cities. Portfolio.com - March 17, 2008 More on MPAA and Net Neutrality The president of the Independent Film and Television Alliance. She blasted MPAA chief Dan Glickman for coming out against Net Neutrality regulations. Los Angeles Times - March 17, 2008 Open-Government Promises Too Often Fade into Secrecy When candidates are seeking your vote, they can be counted on to mouth civics-book pieties about the public’s right to know what’s going on in government. But all too often, there is a huge gap between the promises of open government and the reality. USA Today - March 17, 2008 Google Says Microsoft’s Yahoo Buy Might Hurt Internet Google said it was concerned about the free flow of information on the Internet if Microsoft were to succeed in acquiring Yahoo. Reuters - March 17, 2008 State of the News Media 2008 The Project for Excellence in Journalism has published the State of the News Media 2008. The overall analysis: The state of the American news media in 2008 is more troubled than a year ago, but in different ways than experts predicted. Project for Excellence in Journalism - March 17, 2008 Backlog of Data Requests Still Bulging Despite President Bush’s order for improvements more than two years ago, much of the federal government has barely made a dent in the huge backlog of unanswered requests under the Freedom of Information Act. Los Angeles Times - March 17, 2008 The Federal Government Is Secretive, Americans Say Nearly nine in 10 Americans say it’s important to know presidential and congressional candidates’ positions on open government, but three out of four view the federal government as secretive, according to a new survey. Associated Press - March 17, 2008 Report Finds FOIA Requests Caught in Backlog Rules imposed by President Bush have improved federal agencies’ responses to requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act, but a huge backlog of unanswered requests remains, a new study says. USA Today - March 17, 2008 Earlier
Clear Channel Completes Sale to Providence Equity Partners (B&C, 03-17-08)
Big Brother and TiVo Are Watching You (LAT, 03-17-08)
Are News Habits Really Changing? (B&C, 03-17-08)
Net Neutrality, Wireless on Collision Course (NetworkWo…, 03-17-08)
House Passes Surveillance Bill Without Immunity (IDG News…, 03-17-08)
IFTA Blasts MPAA’s Glickman (Variety, 03-17-08)
Logged Video Clips of Connecticut Public Hearing on PEG Access TV (Clippings…, 03-17-08)
FCC Insider: This Place Is Hell; Silent Protest Planned (ars techn…, 03-16-08)
Internet Changing Journalism, But Not As Many Expected (AP, 03-16-08)
Does Big Media’s One-Two Punch Knock Out the Internet? (Huffingto…, 03-16-08)
House Debates Terrorism Surveillance in Rare Private Session (AP, 03-14-08)
House GOP Aide: Martin Probe Honors Tradition (MCN, 03-14-08)
Wireless Philadelphia Receives First Major National Grant (MuniWirel…, 03-14-08)
House Rejects Immunity in Eavesdropping Bill (NYT, 03-14-08)
Locy, Former ‘USA Today’ Reporter, Using Her ‘Anthrax’ Contempt Case to Teach Students (E&P, 03-14-08)
Texas Sheriff Threatens Reporters with Jail (AP, 03-14-08)
Bad News Travels Fast, and Furiously (WP, 03-14-08)
FCC’s Complaint Handling Criticized (LAT, 03-14-08)
NPR Grapples with the Prospect of a Post-Radio Future (CSM, 03-14-08)
House Lawmakers Take Aim at U.S. Media (Reuters, 03-14-08)
For the Networks, Television’s Future Is Online (CSM, 03-14-08)
Gates: TV to Become Targeted Medium (AP, 03-14-08)
Deal Seen Coming into Focus on Clear Channel’s TV Sale (WSJ, 03-14-08)
Iraq War Disappears as TV News Story (AP, 03-14-08)
Broadband Fight Pits Corporations Against Users, Internet Future at Stake (dvice.com, 03-14-08)
Conyer’s Matter of Antitrust (MCN, 03-14-08)
Kenya’s Indy Media (ITT, 03-14-08)
FCC to Aid Women’s Minority Access to Capital (TV Newsda…, 03-14-08)
Media Hold McCain, Obama to Different Standards (Fairness…, 03-14-08)
Stearns Yearns for DTV Transition Test Market (B&C, 03-14-08)
Support for Long Island Muni Wi-Fi Vanishes (MuniWirel…, 03-14-08)
Verizon Gets Cozy with P2P File-Sharers (AP, 03-14-08)
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