Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.)

D.C. Area Gets High Marks for Internet Speeds

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:54:41 -0700

Ruling Against Comcast Web Traffic Handling

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:10:10 -0700

FCC Comcast Action Signals Importance of Internet Freedom to Future of Telecom Policy

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:20:21 -0700

Media Minutes: July 25, 2008

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:09:18 -0700

In a House hearing about privacy and the Internet, Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) indicated that Congress could take action to strengthen privacy protections. And a study disproves the notion that TV news audiences prefer superficial tabloid coverage to well-written quality journalism.

Media Minutes (2008-07-25)

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:48:33 -0700

Tracking of Users Across Web Sites Could Face Strict Rules

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:44:27 -0700

Media Minutes: May 9, 2008

candace — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:34:08 -0700

The Media Giraffe Project encourages sustainable and innovative ways of using media to foster participatory democracy and community. And the House held a hearing this week on the Internet Freedom Preservation Act.

Media Minutes (2008-05-09)

candace — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:21:19 -0700

The Media Giraffe Project will be sponsoring a conference in Minneapolis in June to give local online news and community Web entrepreneurs and activists a chance to share advice about legal, organizational and advertising issues. And a House subcommittee held a hearing this week on the Internet Freedom Preservation Act.

Markey Opens Hearing on Best and Worst of 700 MHz Spectrum Auction

Stevie Converse — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:23:33 -0700

Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, chaired a hearing this morning to assess the results of the auction for licenses to use spectrum in the 700 megahertz (MHz) band that will become available after the transition to digital television broadcast.

Election Portends Legislative Action for Broadband Policy, VoIP

Stevie Converse — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:40:20 -0700

With the certainty that a new Presidential Administration will be sworn in next January, and the apparent possibility that it will be a Democratic one, many telecommunications policy initiatives will percolate up over the coming months.

Markey Tells FCC XM-Sirius Merger Needs Conditions

Stevie Converse — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:21:59 -0700

House Telecommunications & Internet Subcommittee chairman Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said the Department of Justice's approval of the XM Satellite Radio-Sirius Satellite Radio merger without conditions was par for the course, but he told the Federal Communications Commission it should aim for more.