Netflix seems to think that old rules don’t apply to the new media.
Netflix Apologizes For Using Actors To Meet Press At Canadian Launch
Video-streaming website Netflix Inc. NFLX-Q closed down a Toronto street Wednesday and attracted dozens of onlookers for a splashy launch to promote its highly anticipated foray into Canada.
Problem is, many [...]

WASHINGTON – Matt Wood, Associate Director of Media Access Project, issued the following statement in response to today’s unanimous vote by the Federal Communications Commission to finalize rules that will open up “white spaces” for unlicensed use. White spaces are frequencies vacated by the digital television transition.
“Today is a good day [...]

Last week, Credit Suisse issued a widely-discussed report on the rise of cord cutting.  Strangely, this otherwise cogent analysis by veteran entertainment reporter Diane Mermigas omitted the statistic that caught everyone else’s eye: almost 30% of Netflix subscribers aged 18-24 are using Netflix in lieu of cable or satellite TV. (17% [...]

MAP is immersed in the debate over network neutrality because of the threat to free expression we face if telcos and phone companies can block, degrade or otherwise censor content on the Internet.  But there are other ways that private gatekeepers can throttle speech as we rely more on more on [...]

For some reason, the Wall Street Journal buried the latest installment of its series on Internet datamining on a Saturday, which also happened to be Yom Kippur. It exposes a surprising amount of tracking taking place on children’s websites.
On the Web, Children Face Intensive Tracking
A Wall Street Journal investigation into online privacy has found [...]

RoadMAP is among those who consider The Atantic’s two companion sites, theatlantic.com and theatlanticwire.com to be among the best on the web.  This week, the parent site added an ambitious new technology section which promises it will take practical and longer view of technology.  Judging by the first few days, it will [...]

Argues deal deserves another vetting because it will ’set the benchmark’ for future consolidation
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable

Comcast/NBCU critics have sent letters to the heads of the relevant congressional committees calling for a “final” hearing on the proposed joint venture.
In letters to the chairs and ranking members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee [...]

In the midst of the massive hype about the forthcoming Facebook movie, the New Yorker has an illuminating profile of Mark Zuckerberg. This is a must-read.
The Face of Facebook- Mark Zuckerberg Opens Up.
The C.E.O. of Facebook Wants to Create, and Dominate, a New Kind of Internet.
Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in his college dorm room [...]

Nick Bilton, who writes for the New York Times’ Bits blog, has just published a book which is already creating controversy. He has a very rosy view of disruptive technologies, and seeks to assure us that Google isn’t rotting our brains, and Facebook creates a better society. Here is an excerpt:
I Live [...]

This new report from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press is chock full of interesting data.  RoadMAP was particularly struck by the age breakdown of cable news viewers.
Americans Spending More Time Following the News
Ideological News Sources: Who Watches and Why
There are many more ways to get the news [...]