Over the past several days, the President, trying to shake off some of his Big Government inclinations, has been beating the drum about making government more streamline and efficient. Standing in the East Room of the White House last week, President Obama noted: …[T]he government we have is not the government we need…We live in [...]
Media outlets report that the hacktavist group Anonymous brought down the websites of the DoJ, FBI, RIAA, MPAA, and others yesterday in supposed retaliation for the high-profile arrest of four accused online pirates associated with the cyberlocker company Megaupload, and, ostensibly, Congress’ efforts to pass online, anti-piracy legislation SOPA and PIPA. The backlash to the [...]
Witness the congressional / crony-capitalist sausage-making Clocking in at a swift 176-pages, Peter Schweizer’s “Throw Them All Out” is a must read if you want to know how Washington really works (or, doesn’t, that is). Congressional insider trading. Legal legislative graft. Crony capitalist hijinks. It’s all here, and then some. Good (scary) stuff. It’s not [...]
You may know that Kodak announced this week that it was likely to file for bankruptcy, ending a spectacular, world-changing 131-year run. Once a leading brand in American life, it now sits depleted – a victim of some bad business choices that neutered its ability to deal with technological disruption. For me, this takes on [...]
Quick read: CEA President, Gary Shapiro, has some interesting thoughts on the failed AT&T merger, expressed today in a Daily Caller opinion piece. States Shapiro: …Our country’s antitrust laws are ambiguous and subject to regulatory interpretation. More, antitrust officials are subject to prevailing political winds, and opposition to the deal by left-wing consumer groups was [...]
CURIOUS how much of our media privileges the elite sources, yet attempts to marginalise independent media groups that are providing critical news and analysis on the stories left out of the mainstream news agenda. Take West Papua, for example. While the world’s media grasped the “people’s freedom” digital media with enthusiasm during the Arab Spring [...]
IT’S OFFICIAL. Well, at least that is the implication of the new “10 most dangerous places for media” list published by Reporters Sans Frontieres – the Pacific is actually one of the safest places in the world for journalists. Yet many donors seem to think that a relatively safe region is more deserving for media [...]
In the middle of November, anti-property group, Free Press, finally complied with Representative Marsha Blackburn’s request to see the group’s major funders. You may remember that Free Press’ commitment began last March in testimony before Congress (audio clip here). Now, after Rep. Blackburn asked again on November 15th, they’ve suddenly decided to get around to [...]
The following statement may be attributed to Mike Wendy, Director of MediaFreedom.org: Alexandria, VA, December 19, 2011 – This afternoon it was reported that AT&T has officially thrown in the towel on its bid to merge with T-Mobile. Citing insurmountable opposition in receiving regulatory approval, the company decided to go no further in its quest. [...]