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BENTON’S COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2017

Today’s Events


TRANSITION
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How a Sensational, Unverified Dossier Became a Crisis for Donald Trump [links to New York Times]
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What We Know and Don’t Know About the Trump-Russia Dossier [links to New York Times]
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Decision to brief Trump on allegations brought a secret and unsubstantiated dossier into the public domain [links to Washington Post]
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Trump’s buoyantly belligerent news conference showed he had no plans to betray his roots to appear more presidential [links to New York Times]
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Editorial: Trump’s long-awaited news conference was spectacularly unpresidential [links to Los Angeles Times]
   
Donald Trump to Place Business Holdings in a Trust Run by Adult Sons
   www iconEditorial: Trump’s plan to turn the family business over to his sons isn’t going to cut it [links to Los Angeles Times]
   
Trump berates CNN reporter: ‘You are fake news’
   www iconTrump berated a CNN reporter, and fellow journalists missed an opportunity [links to Columbia Journalism Review]
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BuzzFeed, the Russia dossier and the problem of too much information [links to Washington Post]
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David Shulkin tapped as Trump’s Veterans Affairs secretary [links to Washington Post]
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115th Congress Legislative Priorities: A Blueprint for American Innovation [links to Information Technology Industry Council]
   
The Next National Infrastructure Push Must Be Powered by Broadband – Morning Consult op-ed [links to Benton summary]

ELECTIONS & MEDIA
   
Donald Trump Concedes Russia’s Interference in Election
   www iconWas the 2016 U.S. election democratic? Here are 7 serious shortfalls. [links to Washington Post]
   
2016: A Bad Year for Democracy, but "Best Ever" for Big Media [links to Benton summary]

WIRELESS/SPECTRUM
   
Policy Review of Mobile Broadband Operators’ Sponsored Data Offerings for Zero-Rated Content and Services
   Commissioner Pai Statement on FCC’s Midnight Spasm of Free Data – press release
   
AT&T Response to Wireless Bureau’s Review of Sponsored Data Programs – press release [links to Benton summary]
   
Verizon chops unlimited data plans: Big users can switch or be disconnected [links to Benton summary]
   
Killing subsidies and raising fees a double-edged sword for Verizon [links to Benton summary]
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Unlimited Data? No Overage Fees? Making Sense of Smartphone Plan Madness [links to Wall Street Journal]
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The Next Big Thing in Smartphones? The Software [links to Wall Street Journal]
   
The use of spectrum auctions to attain multiple objectives: Policy implications – Telecommunications Policy research [links to Benton summary]
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JetBlue’s free high-speed Wi-Fi is now available on all flights [links to Verge, The]
   
Comment Request on NTIA/FCC Web-Based Frequency Coordination System – public notice [links to Benton summary]
   
Alphabet shutters solar-powered drone program [links to Benton summary]

INTERNET/BROADBAND
   
House Passes Bills on Small ISP Exemption, Data Efficiency
   Strategies and Recommendations for Promoting Digital Inclusion – press release
   
Massachusetts Joins Effort Urging the FCC to Release Connect America Funding to States
   Google’s parent has given up on one of its big, futuristic projects: Internet by drone
   www iconCES 2017: We’re on the cusp of some of the biggest changes in technology in years [links to Vox]
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Lt. Governor Tina Smith, Department of Employment and Economic Development Announce $34 Million for 42 Broadband Projects Across Greater Minnesota [links to Blandin Foundation]
   
Verizon Touts Progress on Next-Gen FTTP [links to Benton summary]
   
Parks Finds 71 Percent of Broadband Households With Wi-Fi or Apple AirPort [links to Benton summary]

SECURITY/PRIVACY
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Stingray 101: How Law Enforcement Agencies And, Perhaps, Anyone Else, Can And Do Intercept Cell Phone Calls – Andrew Schwartzman analysis
   
Sessions: US Needs Cyber Rules So ‘Price is Paid’ If Breached [links to Benton summary]
   
Six Cyber Diplomacy Milestones of 2016 – Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues, State Dept op-ed [links to Benton summary]
   
Surveillance Court Pushed Back Against Spying on Trump [links to Benton summary]

OWNERSHIP
   
FCC Approves Nexstar-Media General Merger
   www iconLiberty Media’s Malone Says Cable Firms Could Buy T-Mobile [links to Bloomberg]
   
The Early History of the FCC Doesn’t Provide a Basis for Regulating Facebook and Google Now – Medium op-ed [links to Benton summary]

CONTENT
   
The Real Story About Fake News Is Partisanship – analysis
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ABC’s "black-ish" reacts to Trump election with barbs, anger and a plea for understanding [links to Los Angeles Times]
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How Netflix Is Deepening Our Cultural Echo Chambers [links to New York Times]
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Publishers Encounter Political Storms in Turn to Right [links to New York Times]

JOURNALISM
   
Donald Trump’s News Session Starts War With and Within Media
   Facebook, Nodding to Its Role in Media, Starts a Journalism Project

COMMUNITY MEDIA
   
Rep Lujan: Public Libraries Can Boost American Innovation [links to Benton summary]

ADVERTISING
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Instagram Doubles Down on Video Ads by Putting Them in Instagram Stories [links to Fortune]

BROADCASTING
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CommLawBlog: FCC About to Sweep Away Last Paper Public File Remnants [links to CommLawBlog]

GOVERNMENT & COMMUNICATIONS
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Truth or Insult? Artwork Hung in Capital Spawns a Dispute [links to New York Times]
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HHS pick Rep Tom Price has one of worst campaign disclosure records in Congress [links to Medium]

POLICYMAKERS
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Peter Thiel, Trump’s Tech Pal, Explains Himself [links to New York Times]
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A Congress.gov Interview with Fred Simonton, Information Technology Specialist [links to Library of Congress]