Looks like the FCC is trying to juggle two markets that involve media
I just finished reading Commissioner Mignon Clyburn’s statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed rule making for media ownership. Ms. Clyburn expressed that she felt “hope, fear,...
View ArticleMMTC to present range of issues impacting spectrum and minorities
In preparation of an article for Politic365.com, yesterday I had the most insightful conversation with the co-founder and president of the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council David Honig....
View ArticleFCC: Another example of the need for transparency
According to a report in The Washington Post today, commenters are up in arms about a proposal circulating out of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’s office that allegedly...
View ArticleMedia diversity may start with the Federal Reserve vs. FCC
I just finished reading a post by the Cato Institute’s Steve H. Hanke where Mr. Hanke argues that the Federal Reserve’s target of zero to one quarter of a percent federal funds rate is actually...
View ArticleWhat conditions from Comcast-NBC Universal would regulate Comcast-Time Warner
During a conference call today between Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and analysts from the investment industry, David L. Cohen, executive vice-president for Comcast, reiterated that conditions from the...
View ArticleHow do we get more spectrum to underserved entrepreneurs
Earlier this week the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council released a white paper describing a number of policy actions recommended for the Federal Communications Commission to use when...
View ArticleWhat I wanted to ask the commissioners ….
It was pretty cool seeing Federal Communications Commission members Mignon Clyburn, Jessica Rosenworcel, Ajit Pai, and Michael O’Rielly at the Minority Media Telecommunications Council Access to...
View ArticleMinorities should seek a bigger slice of new media pie
The digital divide argument, that there is a disparity between non-whites and whites when it comes to broadband access, is losing its mojo for me. While broadband access for minority households via...
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