February 22, 2012
For Immediate Release

Contact: Andrew Jay Schwartzman
202.454.5681
andys@mediaaccess.org
Mera Szendro Bok
202.454.5685
mera@mediaaccess.org

Media Access Project files Petition to Deny Sale of Cable Airwaves to Verizon

Washington D.C – Media Access Project joined with a number of other public interest groups in opposing FCC approval of the sale of spectrum by Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House [...]

By Brendan Sasso, Hillicon Valley
A coalition of consumer groups, including Public Knowledge, the Media Access Project and the New America Foundation, urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday to block a $3.6 billion deal between Verizon and a group of cable companies.
In December, Verizon agreed to buy wireless airwave licenses, [...]

By Grant Gross, IDG News
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission must block Verizon Wireless from buying wireless spectrum from cable providers because two proposed deals would concentrate too much spectrum in the hands of one company, a coalition of advocacy groups said.
The deals, which also allow Verizon and the cable firms resell each [...]

The buzz about Pinterest has become deafening.  A Washington Post columnist calls it “Digital Crack For Women.” What is it?  RoadMAP doesn’t get it.  Maybe you will.
Pinterest’s Rite Of Web Passage-Huge Traffic, No Revenue
If you haven’t heard of Pinterest, you likely will soon.
Traffic to the website-which lets users create online scrapbooks to [...]