By Kamilla Kovacs, Media Access Project
Throughout years of debate on open Internet protections, cable and telecommunications carriers have continually argued that strong net neutrality rules will hurt investment. They maintain that regulation to forbid discrimination in network management would cause them to back away from building and upgrading broadband infrastructure nationwide. These flawed arguments are [...]

Washington, D.C., can get hot and muggy in August, which is why lawmakers leave for most of the month, and many staffers, lobbyists and other industry-types also clear out of town in search of cooler climes.
But there is something odd going on right now in Washington. Representatives of some of the [...]

On August 19th, Free Press, Media Access Project, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumers Union filed Reply to Opposition to Petition to Deny Comcast/NBCU Transaction.
You can find the full brief here: http://www.mediaaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/ReplyOppositiontoPetitiontoDenyComcastNBCUtransaction.pdf

By David Lieberman, USA Today
Advocates for and against Comcast’s plan to buy NBC Universal weighed in one last time at the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, the cut-off date for formal filings regarding the deal. Regulators are expected to rule on it by the end of the year.
While many comments haven’t surfaced yet at the [...]

Writers Guild West among organizations against merger
By Paul Harris, Variety
A host of industry orgs, consumer and media watchdog groups weighed in against the Comcast-NBC Universal deal on Thursday, the deadline for filing the last round of comments on the merger with the Federal Communications Commission.
In its filing, the Writers Guild of America West took issue [...]

By Georg Szalai, Reuters
The war of words between Comcast and its critics flared up once more as final responses during the Federal Communications Commission’s comment period for the largest U.S. cable firm’s planned acquisition of NBC Universal were due yesterday.
Critics highlighted potential dangers of what would be the biggest media combination in recent memory. Comcast [...]

By Maggie Shiels, BBC News
An industry body representing some of the biggest names in technology has hosted a closed-door meeting to discuss the future of the open internet.
Public advocacy groups said such back-room dealings were detrimental.
The meeting follows the publication of a controversial plan by Google and Verizon that could allow net providers certain types [...]

The Los Angeles Times’ Patrick Goldstein has long been a savvy observer of the motion picture business.  In this essay, he explores Hollywood’s future as technological change sweeps through the business.
Newsflash: This is the last RoadMAP until Labor Day.  It’s time for a vacation.

Can Hollywood Keep Hanging On To Its Aging Business Model?
Everywhere you look in the [...]

WASHINGTON — Free Press, Media Access Project, Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union are filing comments with the Federal Communications Commission today to oppose Comcast’s proposed takeover of NBC Universal.
Free Press Policy Counsel Corie Wright said, “The public interest community has offered a mass of evidence that the proposed merger will hurt consumers and [...]

Desai Joins Consumers Union as Policy Counsel
WASHINGTON — With a mixture of pride and regret, Media Access Project (MAP) today announced the departure of its Vice President, Parul P. Desai, to join Consumers Union as Policy Counsel.
Tyrone Brown, MAP President, said:
“Over her five years of public service at MAP, Parul has been tireless advocate for the [...]