‘OAN Would Not and Could Not Exist Without AT&T’s Blessing’
“The spark of inspiration for OAN [One America News] and its right-wing bent came from a meeting with AT&T executives.”
AT&T and OAN: Not-So-Strange Bedfellows
The revelations about AT&T and OAN puncture the myth that Trumpian populism is isolated on the fringes of Red State America.
‘AT&T Only Buys Time Warner Once in a Lifetime’
“The DoJ cannot make the net neutrality argument while at the same time Trump’s FCC is tearing down net neutrality.”
Nilay Patel on AT&T/Time Warner Ruling, Sam Menefee-Libey on J20 Update
It’s true the government didn’t make much of a case, and that the judge doesn’t seem to understand how the internet works; but the deeper truth may be that we need to fundamentally rethink our antitrust approaches to a media/tech industry that is every day more influential.
‘Net in Your Pocket’ Yields to AT&T’s ‘Digital Impasse’
Admitting “the temptation to join the growing legions of iPhone admirers is strong,” independent reporter Megan Tady (In These Times, 7/2/09) is discussing “what’s stopping me from signing up.” Her own personal decision is based on the fact that “purchasing an iPhone means I have to become an AT&T subscriber. The company has an exclusive […]
On AT&T’s ‘Arbitrary Intervention in the Open Internet’
Keeping up with corporate attempts to abuse new media technology, the activists at Free Press (6/18/09) have a new campaign pointing out exactly what’s wrong with the fact that “AT&T is allowing Major League Baseball to stream video live to the iPhone on the carrier’s 3G network, but is prohibiting other companies like SlingPlayer Mobile […]
New Medium, Old Story: Telecom Greed
Senator John Kerry’s post to the SaveTheInternet.com blog (6/16/09) looks at the fact that “nine of the most popular 10 phones are locked in a deal with one of these big wireless carriers,” and how this corporatization limits the new medium: Here’s the issue I think we need to wrestle with: Wireless service providers are […]
Tell the FCC to Keep Public Access Accessible
Today’s Democracy Now! (3/9/09) features Amy Goodman reporting that “a House Appropriations subcommittee has… asked the FCC to look into the allegations” of media activists across the country: Community media groups are accusing the telecom giant AT&T of discriminating against local public access channels across the nation, and the deadline for public comment is midnight […]
