(美國傳媒新聞整理,是由Benton基金會免費提供分享資源)
BENTON’S COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016
INTERNET/BROADBAND/TELECOM
The Most Important Part of the Telecommunications Business You Probably Don’t Know About – analysis
New Use of Wireless Holds Promise for Rural Broadband – Craig Settles op-ed
Assessing the FCC’s loss in the municipal broadband case – AEI op-ed [links to Benton summary]
The Economics of Data Caps and Free Data Services in Mobile Broadband – CTIA analysis
Nashville Mayor tried to bring together Comcast, AT&T, Google on ‘One Touch Make Ready’
DIVERSITY
DGA Study: Women, Minority Directors Still Have Hard Time Breaking Into TV [links to Wrap, The]
Many TV executives love talking about diversity. Doing something about it, not so much. [links to Vox]
Network Chiefs Grilled About Diversity Records During TCA Press Tour [links to Variety]
ELECTION 2016
We asked experts to compare Trump’s and Clinton’s cybersecurity policies. Here’s what they said. [links to Washington Post]
Rieder: Media basher Trump turns to media for help [links to USAToday]
What Is Breitbart News? [links to New York Times]
Meet Stephen Bannon, the Trump Campaign’s New Chief Executive [links to New York Times]
Op-Ed Maybe Trump’s not trying to win the White House — he’s trying to start Trump TV [links to Los Angeles Times]
CNN’s Brian Stelter: "Trump Has All The Right People To Put In Place A New Media Company" [links to Media Matters for America]
O’Reilly: Trump Hired Steve Bannon Because He "Needs Somebody To Go Up Against [John] Podesta And Media Matters" [links to Media Matters for America]
Trump, Clinton planning their transitions side-by-side in Washington [links to Washington Post]
Op-ed: Why political campaigns need chief information security officers [links to Christian Science Monitor]
PRIVACY
Privacy lawsuit over Gmail will move forward [links to Ars Technica]
Comcast Gigabit Network Now Includes Chicago Area [links to telecompetitor]
SECURITY
NSA’s use of software flaws to hack foreign targets posed risks to cybersecurity
Russia emerges as prime suspect in apparent NSA hack [links to Christian Science Monitor]
Is cybersecurity incompatible with digital convenience? [links to McKinsey]
LABOR
Hiring binge in recent years has created a record number of technology jobs in the Bay Area [links to San Francisco Chronicle]
COMPANY NEWS
AT&T’s new data plans trade one overage penalty for another [links to Washington Post]
Cisco to Cut 5,500 Jobs in Shift Toward Software [links to Reuters]
Gannett Sweetens Bid for Chicago Tribune Parent Tronc [links to Wall Street Journal]