Washington correspondent for TheWrap. Former Washington bureau chief Advertising Age
Ira Teinowitz
Experience:
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Consumer Groups Warn: Anti-Piracy Law Creates Destructive Blacklist
From computer-makers to libraries, a broad swath of groups says the legislation could come back to bite us
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Congressmen, ISPs Moving to Take Control of Net Neutality Issue From FCC
A bipartisan coalition is working with service providers on a bill that would impose new conditions and leave the commission mostly as fine-levier
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Colbert to Congress: I Would Like to Submit a Video of My Colonoscopy
Invited by the United Farm Workers, the Comedy Central host testifies for immigration reform after having spent a day in the fields (Video)
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FCC: Never Fear, ‘Super Wi-fi’ Is Here
The approval of “white space” spectrum use for broadband opens the possibility of “wi-fi on steroids”
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Blockbuster Files for Chapter 11, Listing Studios as Creditors
Will continue operating its 3,000 stores as a result of an agreement with bondholders in which it is swapping some of its debt for equity
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Stephen Colbert Goes to Washington — No, Not to Rally, to Testify
Will testify to a House immigration panel on “Protecting America’s Harvest,” along with the United Farm Works president
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Latest Net Neutrality Supporters: the Roots, OK Go, R.E.M., Moby
Urge action on Facebook, Twitter and in a letter to the FCC
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Senate Steps Into the Anti-Piracy Fray
A bipartisan group of senators introduces legislation that would make it far easier for the government to shut down websites offering illegal copies of films and TV shows
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Hollywood Unites to Beat Down Anti-Videogame Law
WGA, DGA, SAG, AFTRA, NATO, others, make plea to Supreme Court, fearing it could eventually extend to movies
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Stewart, Colbert Schedule Competing D.C. Marches for Sanity, Fear
“Think of our event as … the Gathering of the Juggalos, but instead of throwing our feces at Tila Tequila, we’ll be actively *not* throwing our feces at Tila Tequila”
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Comcast-NBCU Merger Needs More Hearings, Group Says
In letters to Congress, coalition cites “new opposition” to deal
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Nick’s New ‘Zevo-3’: TV Show or Half-Hour Skechers Ad?
Consumer group asks FCC to block the Oct. 1 launch of the show, charging the characters are commercial-based
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FCC Stalls Net Neutrality Vote to Study Google/Verizon
Looking for comments on Google/Verizon that would “help complete our efforts to construct an enforceable framework to preserve internet freedom and openness”
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FCC Renews Its Battle to Oversee Indecency
Saying it can’t effectively protect children, it asks the court to take a second look at a July ruling that overturned its ability to impose fines
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Critics: Merger Will Give Comcast ‘Inordinate Power to Shape Democratic Discourse’
WGA West, American Cable Association deliver harsh warning on proposed NBC U acquisition on the last day for public commenting to the FCC