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Sen. Franken to the Netroots: Only You Can Stop the Corporate Takeover of Free Speech [1]from MediaCitizen [2] on Jul 27, 2010
Over the weekend, Sen. Al Franken (D.-Minn.) made the corporate takeover of our media, and the government's acquiescence to these corporations, frighteningly clear.Franken told more than 2,000 bloggers and organizers ... Sen. Franken to the Netroots: Only You Can Stop a Corporate Takeover of Free Speech [3]from Save the Internet blog [4] on Jul 26, 2010
Over the weekend, Sen. Al Franken (D.-Minn.) made the corporate takeover of our media, and the government's acquiescence to these corporations, frighteningly clear. ... Questions for Robert McDowell, Heir to Ted Stevens, on his International Expertise [5]from Save the Internet blog [6] on Jul 23, 2010
Today, Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that would probably land any law student an "F" in telecom law class, if not a ... Make a Net Neutrality Video, Win a Prize [7]from Save the Internet blog [8] on Jul 22, 2010
It’s not every week that you can possibly win a prize by fighting for real Net Neutrality, but this is one of them. ... Phone and Cable Money Continues to Flood Washington [9]from Save the Internet blog [10] on Jul 21, 2010
The phone and cable companies released their second quarter federal lobbying reports today, and it comes as no surprise that they’re still flooding Washington with money to influence media policy ... The Big Industry Lie: Regulation = Job Loss [11]from Save the Internet blog [12] on Jul 20, 2010
My old friend Jay Stuckey has a saying that has stuck with me for decades: “Don’t let them piss on your leg and tell you that it’s raining.”
When Jay ... Bad Connection: Inside the iPhone Network Meltdown [13]from Hear Us Now [14] on Jul 19, 2010
Wired article says Apple was ready to dump AT&T as its carrier multiple times. ... Foursquare Looking To Sell Check-In Data To Search Engines [15]from Hear Us Now [16] on Jul 19, 2010
Location-based social network Foursquare is in talks with Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo about possible data partnerships, The Telegraph reports. ... Google will stop selling Nexus One phones in U.S. [17]from Hear Us Now [18] on Jul 19, 2010
Once current supply is gone, no more will be stocked, Google says. ... Netflix taking 'Watch Instantly' movies, TV shows to Canada [19]from Hear Us Now [20] on Jul 19, 2010
Netflix, the Los Gatos online DVD rental pioneer, is launching its "Watch Instantly" online streaming service in Canada in the fall, the company announced Monday. ... Nokia Siemens to buy Motorola wireless gear unit [21]from Hear Us Now [22] on Jul 19, 2010
The long-planned breakup of Motorola Inc., one of the founders of the U.S. electronics industry, came a step closer Monday with a deal to sell most of its wireless networks ... Phonemakers cry foul on Steve Jobs 'We're all alike' attack [23]from Hear Us Now [24] on Jul 19, 2010
Steve Jobs may have calmed some of the Antennagate ruckus with his spirited defense of the iPhone 4 on Friday, but he also stirred up a hornet's nest of response ... Facebook about to reach 500 million members [25]from Hear Us Now [26] on Jul 19, 2010
Facebook is expected to announce that it has reached the 500 million user mark this week. That's half a billion people in just six years. ... Canadian Privacy Group Raises Key Concerns on Google, Doubleclick and Threat to our Privacy [27]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [28] on Sep 18, 2007
We urge everyone to read the CIPPIC petition filed yesterday in Canada asking for a investigation of Google and Doubleclick. Among the key questions raised is whether the two companies ... Google’s Mobile Search Advertising Ambition: Control the Market [29]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [30] on Sep 16, 2007
From Online Media Daily [”Google’s Mobile Ad Move Gets Everybody Talking.” Tameka Lee. September 14, 2007] excerpt:
The search giant “is acting fast to take control of the mobile search ... Peter Fleischer, Online Advertising & Privacy: More than PR is Required [31]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [32] on Sep 15, 2007
Mr. Fleischer made news yesterday when he presented Google’s call for “global privacy standards” at a UNESCO meeting. Google endorsed the weak (”flexible”) APEC proposal as a model framework. Really, ... Keep Your Eye on Mobile Advertising, Marketing & Privacy, esp. Google, Microsoft and the Carriers [33]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [34] on Sep 12, 2007
The online mobile space will be hugely important to civil society, communities, and the public. We have concerns about how the mobile marketing “ecosystem,” as its called by the industry, ... Google: Cash, not Quality, Redefines Top Paid Search Placement [35]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [36] on Sep 11, 2007
As Google changes its policies so it can dramatically broaden its reach for advertisers, esp. the ones with the deepest marketing pockets, it’s key to understand what it means for ... Google’s Ad Industry-related Job Openings: help us become the “definitive source of marketing intelligence” [37]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [38] on Sep 09, 2007
These three job announcements from Google are too good to ignore. They say a lot about where Google–and global society–are headed. I’ve excerpted from the complete ad (but links are ... Google and Yahoo! Among Largest Donors of Ad Council [39]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [40] on Sep 09, 2007
In a full-page ad in today’s New York Times “Week in Review” section, the Ad Council lists its `who’s who’ of media and big brand donors. Atop its list is ... Video Ads Likely to Appear on Searches from Google [41]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [42] on Sep 07, 2007
The evolution of Google from a system designed to provide the public with information into a full-blown data–collection broadband video platform promoting the interests of brands and marketers will make ... Knight Foundation and a Grant for Viacom’s MTV: Funding a giant on its Journalism advisory committee [43]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [44] on Sep 06, 2007
We have long had concerns about foundations funding media conglomerates to provide public service content. So, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s recent award of $700,000 to MTV ... Yahoo!’s Electoral Ambitions: Behavorial Targeting and Beyond [45]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [46] on Sep 05, 2007
Yahoo! has unveiled an online targeting ad category for elections–raising serious questions about privacy and potential voter manipulation. Now, in addition to fast foods and cars, marketers can use Yahoo!’s ... Yahoo! Swallows Blue Lithium to Expand its Behavioral Targeting Effort [47]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [48] on Sep 05, 2007
The ever-growing consolidation of control in the online ad market continues (something CDD and USPIRG warned the FTC about in Nov. 2006). Yesterday, Yahoo! acquired ad network and behavioral targeting ... For Sale on Ebay: Your Online Privacy [49]from Jeff Chester's Digital Destiny [50] on Sep 05, 2007
eBay is working with behavioral targeting technologies, including a test “retargeting” users (that means electronically shadowing) as they visit AOL, MSN, clients of Yahoo’s RightMedia ad exchange and other sites ...
