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BENTON’S COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2016

 
INTERNET/BROADBAND
   
Comcast Announces 3 Million Low-Income Americans Have Crossed the Digital Divide Through Internet Essentials – press release
   
Letter to Editor: Pencils, Books … and Full Internet Access – FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel op-ed
   
Letter to Editor: Pencils, Books … and Full Internet Access – Michael Copps op-ed
   
Next Century Cities Mayors Oppose Anti-Municipal Broadband Decision
   Obama Administration to Help Appalachian Communities Revitalize Downtowns through Broadband Service – USDA press release
   
Key House Republican to Unveil Sales Tax Plan for Purchases Across State Lines
   CenturyLink sues Idaho for $37 million over state broadband project
   What’s new in Salt Lake City? Think fast — it’s Google Fiber, up and running [links to Benton summary]
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Comcast rolls out 100 Gbps Ethernet in Tallahassee [links to Fierce]
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Suddenlink Expands 1-Gig Reach to Two More Cities in Louisiana [links to Multichannel News]
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Why are the streets always under construction? [links to New York Times]
   
Verizon fiber cut in Oneida (NY) catches state PSC’s attention [links to Benton summary]
   
AT&T says Google Fiber’s bad info delayed pole attachments [links to Benton summary]

 

ELECTIONS 2016
   
Inside Facebook’s (Totally Insane, Unintentionally Gigantic, Hyperpartisan) Political-Media Machine
   www iconSean Hannity Has Given Donald Trump $31 Million In Free Publicity [links to Media Matters for America]
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Jorge Ramos op-ed: Judgment Day Is Coming For Those Who Stay Silent on Donald Trump [links to Time]
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Understanding Trump’s Use Of Language – George Lakoff [links to Huffington Post]
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Clinton buries Trump in negative ads [links to Hill, The]
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Snapchat Lures More Campaign Spending as Candidates Court Young Voters [links to Bloomberg]

 

SECURITY/PRIVACY
   
National Cyber Security Alliance Survey Reveals the Complex Digital Lives of American Teens and Parents – research
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Consumer Groups Tell FCC Wireless Car Technology Unsafe and Violates Privacy [links to Public Knowledge]
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Op-ed: Data protection should extend to virtual places and data objects [links to International Association of Privacy Professionals]

 

SURVEILLANCE
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In Baltimore, the police and a private company are running surveillance flights like never before [links to Washington Post]

 

WIRELESS/SPECTRUM
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Google bringing data-saving Wi-Fi Assistant to all Nexus phones [links to Verge, The]
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Sprint to pay $2.3M to settle Illinois lawsuit over rebates [links to Fierce]

 

SATELLITE
   
Can Satellites Learn to ‘See’ Poverty? [links to Benton summary]

 

CONTENT
   
Most Americans streamed the Olympics from PCs, not mobile devices. Here’s why. [links to Benton summary]
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NBC’s ratings dive may be a harbinger: deluge of content may be overwhelming viewers [links to Fierce]

 

HEALTH
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Health systems: Improving and sustaining quality through digital transformation [links to McKinsey]

 

ADVERTISING
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Which Olympic Marketers Spent the Most on TV and Digital Ads? [links to AdWeek]
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Tired of seeing irrelevant Facebook ads? Here’s how to fix them. [links to Revere Digital]

 

JOURNALISM
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This Is What’s Missing From Journalism Right Now [links to Mother Jones]

 

LOBBYING
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Amazon hires antitrust lobbyist [links to Hill, The]

 

POLICYMAKERS
   
Farewell To AT&T’s Jim Cicconi. – Harold Feld blog [links to Benton summary]

 

COMPANY NEWS
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Snapchat Is Reportedly on Pace to Reach 217 Million Users by the End of 2017 [links to AdWeek]

 

STORIES FROM ABORAD
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Pokemon Go game violates EU privacy laws: MEP [links to Politico]
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Facebook, Google and Twitter Must Join ISIS Fight, U.K. Lawmakers Say [links to Wall Street Journal]