Blog Archive - June 2010

Policy Update: House Passes Calling Card Consumer Protection Act

Submitted by amalia_deloney on Wed, 2010-06-30 07:17
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Prepaid calling cards, first introduced to the retail market two decades ago, have undergone explosive growth over the last ten years thanks to globalization of the U.S. workforce and declining international long distance costs. This combination has enabled the U.S. prepaid industry to generate annual revenues estimated at well over four billion dollars.

MAG-Net Rocks the AMC!

Submitted by amalia_deloney on Tue, 2010-06-29 20:24
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From June 17-20, 2010 the 12th annual Allied Media Conference is held in Detroit, MI. Each year more than 1000 participants attend the conference, and participate in a mixture of media and communications, technology, education and social justice. This year, the Media Action Grassroots Network hosted a 'Media Policy for Social Change' track at the conference featuring five workshops:

Phone Justice

Broadband for the People

Digital Justice Coalition Meet Up

What’s Your Internet Story Learning Lab

Looking For Journalism In All The Wrong Places

Submitted by amalia_deloney on Fri, 2010-06-18 17:51
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The news is full of the lack of news. Everywhere pundits, commentators, and academics mourn the death of the crusading journalism of the fourth estate. My own organization, Media Alliance, was founded in 1976, in the heady days following the Watergate scandal that ended a presidency.

The Consumer’s Union’s Annual Summit

Submitted by samhita on Fri, 2010-06-18 17:34

The Annual Summit of the Consumer’s Union (publisher of Consumer Reports magazine) is one of my favorite events of this year—activists from all over the country come together to learn from an amazing lineup of presenters, learn from each other and lobby for issues important to their local communities.

Kentucky Voices: Broadband Plan Will Aid KY

Submitted by amalia_deloney on Fri, 2010-06-04 09:33
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"Broadband can be the great enabler that restores America's economic well-being and opens doors of opportunity for all Americans to pass through, no matter who they are, where they live, or the particular circumstances of their individual lives." — Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps

They don’t speak for all minorities on Net Neutrality

Submitted by amalia_deloney on Tue, 2010-06-01 08:16
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In the net neutrality debate, several leading civil rights organizations have come down heavily against net neutrality, as have some members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Do not assume that they speak for all people of color or for all low-income individuals in urban or rural areas.