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BENTON’S COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2016

Today’s Event — Community Connectivity Initiative-Webinar Series, NTIA — https://www.benton.org/node/245382


AT&T/TIME WARNER
   benton logoSenate Judiciary Committee Examines the Competitive Impact of AT&T’s Acquisition of Time Warner
   A Dose Of Reality On The AT&T-Time Warner Merger – Sen Orrin Hatch (R-UT) op-ed [links to Benton summary]

MORE ON OWNERSHIP
   Reps Walden and Yarmuth Introduce Bill Eliminating Disco Era Media Ownership Rules – press release

TRANSITION
   Rep Blackburn Outlines Path to Network Neutrality Reversal, Communications Act Rewrite
   Trump Transition Team Adds Tech Execs
   Remarks of Michael O’Rielly, Commissioner, Before the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) – speech
   Remarks of FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly Before the Free State Foundation’s Tenth Anniversary Luncheon – speech [links to Benton summary]
   Remarks of FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai Before the Free State Foundation’s Tenth Anniversary Gala Luncheon – speech [links to Benton summary]
   www iconRetired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly picked to head Department of Homeland Security [links to Washington Post]
   www iconTrump names Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma attorney general suing EPA on climate change, to head the EPA [links to Washington Post]
   www iconTrump picks pro wrestling mogul McMahon for administration role [links to Hill, The]
   www iconTime 2016 Person of the Year: Donald Trump [links to Time]
   www iconMegyn Kelly On Trump And The Media: ‘We’re In A Dangerous Phase Right Now’ [links to NPR]

INTERNET/BROADBAND
   House Passes Veterans Broadband Access Bill
   Remarks of Assistant Secretary Strickling at the Internet Governance Forum Opening Session – speech [links to Benton summary]

GOVERNMENT & COMMUNICATIONS
   Our desperate need to save US democracy from ourselves – The Hill op-ed [links to Benton summary]
   The United States Commitment to the Open Government Partnership and Open Government – WH press release [links to Benton summary]
   www iconWhy 2017 will bring a lobbying bonanza to Washington [links to Verge, The]

SECURITY/PRIVACY
   Government spies can see everything you’re doing with your phone on a plane
   Worried About the Privacy of Your Messages? Download Signal. [links to Benton summary]
   www iconOp-Ed: Modernizing IT Infrastructure is Critical to Combating Today’s Threats [links to nextgov]

WIRELESS/SPECTRUM
   What Happens If The Spectrum Auction Fails? [links to Benton summary]

CONTENT
   Information Overload – Pew research [links to Benton summary]
   www iconVR Heavyweights Band Together for New Association [links to Broadcasting&Cable]

ELECTIONS & MEDIA
   News Coverage of the 2016 General Election: How the Press Failed the Voters – Harvard University research
   Nothing about the way Team Trump made TV ads was normal [links to Benton summary]

JOURNALISM
   www iconPoll: Majority Find Major Media Outlets Credible [links to Morning Consult]
   Documentary filmmakers fear more legal challenges in Trump era
   www iconHow the war against fake news backfired [links to Washington Post]
   www iconFake News Is Rampant Even Under Tight Chinese Filters [links to Wall Street Journal]
   Nonprofit Journalism Groups Are Gearing Up With Flood of Donations [links to Benton summary]
   www iconWomen journalists: ‘It was different’ covering the Access Hollywood tape [links to Politico]
   www iconPope warns media over ‘sin’ of spreading fake news, smearing politicians [links to Reuters]
   How journalists are shaping the way Americans understand contemporary white nationalism – analysis [links to Benton summary]
   Reporting and punditry that escaped infamy – CJR op-ed [links to Benton summary]
   www iconThe Google News Lab in 2016, and where we’re headed [links to Medium]

CHILDREN & MEDIA
   www iconSen Markey Wants Info on Internet-Linked Toys [links to Broadcasting&Cable]
   www iconShould children get to have cellphones in elementary school? [links to Washington Post]

LABOR
   US Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews Delivers Keynote Remarks on Tech Workforce Development at Urban Alliance Event – speech [links to Benton summary]

POLICYMAKERS
   Ray Baum Named House Commerce Committee Chief of Staff
   Hoffman, Grimaldi Tapped for Media Institute Board [links to Benton summary]

COMPANY NEWS
   www iconT-Mobile announces Digits: one phone number for all your devices [links to Verge, The]
   www iconVerizon begins fiber optic rollout in Boston [links to Verge, The]
   Where the digital dollars have gone – CJR analysis [links to Benton summary]
   www iconComcast CFO Talks Netflix Deal, Wireless Rollout and Why DirecTV Now Doesn’t Worry Him [links to AdWeek]