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BENTON’S COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2017
COMMUNICATIONS & DEMOCRACY
Trump Accuses Media of ‘Blind Hatred’
President Trump: Flynn treated badly by ‘fake media’ [links to Benton summary]
Trump presser takes questions exclusively from conservative media [links to Hill, The]
President Obama lectured. President Trump declares. The big difference between a Trump and Obama news conference. – analysis [links to Benton summary]
Journalists, Battered and Groggy, Find a Renewed Sense of Mission [links to Benton summary]
Trump Voters Show President They Can Complain on Twitter, Too [links to New York Times]
Bookstores Stoke Trump Resistance With Action, Not Just Words [links to New York Times]
Conservative Talk Radio Stands by President Trump Despite Turmoil [links to New York Times]
Stephen Colbert vs. Jimmy Fallon: What’s the role of satire in the Trump era? [links to Christian Science Monitor]
How Information Fuels the Power of our Democracy – Knight Foundation op-ed [links to Benton summary]
House members: EPA officials may be using Signal to “spread their goals covertly” [links to Benton summary]
Conservatives demanding details on federal workers’ encryption use [links to Politico]
Sean Spicer isn’t finished [links to Benton summary]
Our president is a TV addict. It’s going to get the best of him, but he’ll never get the best of it. [links to Washington Post]
INTERNET/BROADBAND
Rural Broadband, Restoring FCC to 5 Members Top Walden’s Agenda
Concerns about FCC E-rate letter on fiber broadband deployment – ALA press release
Google Fiber Sheds Workers As It Looks to a Wireless Future [links to Benton summary]
Telco, cable-backed Missouri bill could limit municipal broadband growth, opposition group says [links to Benton summary]
Podcast: Net neutrality, the FCC, and the digital divide [links to Brookings]
SECURITY/PRIVACY
ISPs ask lawmakers to kill privacy rules, and they’re happily obliging
Yahoo warns users of potential malicious activity on their accounts [links to Benton summary]
Twitter to judge: Let us tell everyone exactly how many secret orders we get [links to Benton summary]
Employers are creepily analyzing your emails and Slack chats to see if you’re happy [links to Quartz]
What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at the US border? [links to Ars Technica]
WIRELESS/SPECTRUM
Bipartisan House Commerce Committee Leaders Comment on Incentive Auction’s Conclusion – press release
99.6 percent of new smartphones run Android or iOS [links to Verge, The]
T-Mobile execs eye pay-TV industry [links to Fierce]
CTIA pushes FCC to streamline small-cell deployment policies [links to Fierce]
AT&T LTE-M Internet of Things Network to Be Nationwide by 2Q [links to telecompetitor]
Amazon and Google Consider Turning Smart Speakers Into Home Phones [links to Benton summary]
ACCESSIBILITY
FCC Settles Investigation Of Relay Service Providers – press release
For the Blind, an Actual-Reality Headset [links to Benton summary]
TELEVISION
Prosecutors may be probing Fox News over Ailes sexual harassment claims [links to Benton summary]
The TV Is Hard to Hear—but You Can Fix That [links to Wall Street Journal]
CONTENT
Deloitte: 2017 Tech Trends [links to Deloitte]
Mass entertainment in the digital age is still about blockbusters, not endless choice [links to Economist, The]
OWNERSHIP
Verizon Said to Near Yahoo Deal at Lower Price After Hacks [links to Benton summary]
Time Warner Shareholders Approve AT&T Merger [links to Benton summary]
Windstream, EarthLink secure regulatory approvals to complete merger [links to Benton summary]
CBS’ Moonves Hopes FCC Raises Ownership cap [links to TVNewsCheck]
ADVERTISING
20th Century Fox Used Fake News to Publicize ‘A Cure for Wellness’ Movie [links to Benton summary]
JOURNALISM
Who Says Journalism Is A Dead-End Major? – TVNewsCheck op-ed [links to Benton summary]
Family-owned Colorado paper threatens state legislator with lawsuit over ‘Fake News’ accusations [links to Columbia Journalism Review]
LABOR
The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding [links to Wired]
PHILANTHROPY
MacArthur Foundation Names 8 Semifinalists in 100&Change Grant Competition – press release [links to Benton summary]
POLICYMAKERS
Senate Names Communications Subcommittee Members
Andy Puzder withdraws as Labor secretary nominee amid Republican opposition [links to Los Angeles Times]
There’s only one choice for FTC chair, and she’s already got the job – op-ed [links to Benton summary]
Jeffrey Neumann named FCC Media Bureau Chief Engineer [links to Broadcasting&Cable]
Interview with Microsoft founder Bill Gates [links to Politico]
COMPANY NEWS
Alphabet is sending hundreds of staff from its internet access unit to Google [links to Benton summary]
STORIES FROM ABROAD
Venezuela Blocks CNN en Español Over Report on Passport Fraud [links to New York Times]
India Launches 104 Satellites From a Single Rocket, Ramping Up a Space Race [links to New York Times]
