Nation Apr 23 Jeff Shell, CEO of NBCUniversal, departing company over ‘inappropriate relationship’ By Associated Press
Nation Oct 01 FCC can’t stop states from enacting net neutrality rules, court decides The Federal Communications Commission can drop its own rules that keep internet providers from favoring some services over others, the court ruled. By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press
Nation Jul 19 Comcast drops Fox bid, paving way for sale to Disney Comcast is dropping its bid for Fox's entertainment businesses, paving the way for Disney to boost its upcoming streaming service by buying the studios behind "The Simpsons" and X-Men. By Mae Anderson, Associated Press
Nation Jun 13 Comcast challenges Disney with $65 billion bid for Fox The bid comes just a day after a federal judge cleared AT&T's takeover of Time Warner and rejected the government's argument that it would hurt competition in cable and satellite TV and jack up costs to consumers for streaming TV… By Mae Anderson, Associated Press
Politics Apr 03 Trump signs bill blocking Obama-era rule over online privacy After his press secretary blasted it as an example of rampant government overreach, President Donald Trump signed a bill into law Monday that could eventually allow internet providers to sell information about their customers' browsing habits. By Darlene Superville, Associated Press
Apr 24 Watch 3:57 News Wrap: 10 arrested in Italy for Vatican attack plot By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Italian police arrested 10 Pakistani and Afghan nationals with links to al-Qaida. They are accused of plotting attacks on the Vatican and in their home countries. Also, two survivors of a migrant smuggling disaster had… Continue watching
Mar 17 GOP accused White House of pressuring regulators over net neutrality By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are getting their chance this week to weigh in on the "net neutrality" debate that has pitted Internet activists against big cable companies and prompted a record number of public comments filed to U.S. regulators. Continue reading
Feb 25 Talking heads skew ‘net neutrality’ debate By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Is President Barack Obama taking over the Internet? Not by a long stretch, but that’s not stopping political banter in the “net neutrality” debate. Continue reading
Jan 26 Comcast ghostwrote letters for politicians to send to FCC By Ruth Tam Comcast ghostwrote letters to the FCC from local politicians in favor of the merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable. Continue reading
Nov 10 President Obama urges FCC to ban paid internet ‘fast lanes’ By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press In a statement released by the White House Monday, the president called for an "explicit ban" on such deals. Obama also said that federal regulators should reclassify the Internet as a public utility under Title II of the 1934 Communications… Continue reading