…aaaand look what’s now at a select number of subway stations in Manhattan.
New York City to Pay $75,000 to Occupy Livestream Collective
When the New York Police Department raided the Occupy encampment in Zuccotti Park on November 15,…
Breaking news: The D.C. Appeals Court just killed Net Neutrality.
This could be the end of the Internet as we know it. But it doesn’t have to be.
Tell the FCC: We Need Real Net Neutrality NOW: http://bit.ly/2XPBtkt
AT&T and Verizon don’t want a network that enables us to create, write, make, design, build and sell what we want — without restrictions or the need to ask permission from gatekeepers.
Instead, these companies want an Internet that looks an awful lot like cable television: a place where you get only the news and entertainment that pad ISPs’ profit margins. And they want an Internet that excludes dissident voices.
Bad news: Comcast just announced that it’s buying Time Warner Cable.
No one woke up this morning wishing their cable company was bigger or had more control over what they watch and how they get online. But that’s the reality we’ll face unless the DoJ and the FCC do their jobs and block this merger.
Tell the FCC and DoJ to stop this merger: http://bit.ly/1oqolLw
Tech In Asia
China has unblocked the Chinese-language sites of both The Wall Street Journal and Reuters, according to a story Monday by Steven Millward for Tech In Asia.Colleen Schwartz, with corporate communications for the Wall Street Journal, confirmed via e-mail that the Journal’s site had been unblocked.
Heather Carpenter, public relations manager with Reuters, also confirmed via e-mail Monday that Reuters has been unblocked in China.
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Kristen Hare writes about China unblocking sites of Wall Street Journal and Reuters. What does this mean going ahead for media in China?
Huge Net Neutrality News today!
We’re on the brink of winning the greatest public policy victory of the last decade. But the cable and phone industry will try their best to weaken the FCC’s proposal in the run-up to the Feb. 26 vote.
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The Church of England has sold all of its shares in News Corp. because it fears Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has failed to learn lessons from the phone-hacking scandal.
Engagement is a big buzzword in journalism today. But what if the future of journalism lies not only in building the right app or tech tool but in developing deep and meaningful connections between reporters and residents?
That’s what Free Press’ News Voices: New Jersey project set out to discover six months ago.
