Washington correspondent for TheWrap. Former Washington bureau chief Advertising Age
Ira Teinowitz
Experience:
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Dish to FCC: Comcast Deal Would Cause Competitors ‘Irreparable Harm’
Deal approval called “lethal” to cable rivals’ hopes to launch web platforms
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FCC Opens Door to Cable Competition Delivered by the Web
“Big company control over access to programming should not keep programs from being available on the Internet,” says FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler
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Sony Hack Attack Is Subject of ‘Daily Meetings’ at White House
Press Secretary Josh Earnest says the cyberattack “is being treated as a serious national security matter”
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John McCain Rips Sony ‘Interview’ Cancellation As ‘Troubling Precedent’
The move will “will only empower and embolden bad actors,” the senator said
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Sony Hack: What Are US Options If North Korea Is Confirmed as Cyberterrorist?
Policy and security experts speak with TheWrap about the #GOP hackers’ potential act of war
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President Obama Offers Strong Praise for Tom Hanks, Lily Tomlin at Kennedy Center Honors Reception
“Through Tom [Hanks], again and again we’ve seen our passion and our resolve and our love for each other” — President Barack Obama
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Dish, Consumer Groups Unite to Fight Comcast/TWC Deal
The deal’s biggest opponents formed ‘Stop Mega Comcast Coalition’ to advocate against the $45 billion cable merger
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Sony Will Refund Consumers Over Misleading PlayStation Vita Ads After FTC Action
For the first time, the Federal Trade Commission points to tweet endorsements as reason for a deception complaint
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MPAA Debuts Google Search Alternative in Bid to Fight Piracy
New WhereToWatch.com site will search for legal copies of films and TV shows
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Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna and Eminem’s F-Bombs Rock HBO Veterans Day Concert
During the three-hour star-studded telecast, George Lopez once and Eminem multiple times interrupted the family-friendly message
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Meryl Streep, Tom Brokaw, Stevie Wonder to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
The three will be among 19 trailblazers honored by President Obama, including Stephen Sondheim, Marlo Thomas and late choreographer Alvin Ailey
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Net Neutrality Battle: Obama’s Bold Remarks Urging FCC ‘Strongest’ Protection Hands Win to Consumer Groups
“An open Internet is essential to the American economy, and increasingly to our very way of life” says the President
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HBO Veteran’s Day Concert Featuring Bruce Springstreen, Rihanna, Eminem, Jennifer Hudson Could Draw Record Crowd
Washington D.C. braces for as many as 850,000 attendees at The Concert for Valor at the National Mall on Tuesday
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How a GOP Senate Takeover Could Impact Net Neutrality, Piracy Fights
A Republican majority “could bring a chilly reception for any FCC effort to increase its role in digital media,” says the WGA East’s Lowell Peterson
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National CineMedia Hit With Lawsuit by DOJ Over Proposed $375 Million Screenvision Acquisition
“This merger to monopoly is exactly the type of transaction the antitrust laws were designed to prohibit,” says Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer