Hollywood, D.C.
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Obama Administration Holds the Line on Arts Spending
The White House wants The National Endowments for the Arts and for the Humanities budgets to stay flat
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U.S. Solicitor General Supports Networks in Aereo Fight
“Like its competitors, (Aereo) must obtain licenses to perform the copyrighted content on which its business relies”
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FCC Fines Networks Over ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ TV Ad
Viacom and NBCUniversal are among the companies facing $2 million in fines
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Supreme Court Rejects FilmOn X’s Request to Join Aereo Case
The decision means that FilmON won’t get time to offer its own comments during oral argument in Aereo’s case
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Sen. Al Franken Questions Whether Comcast Can Be Trusted With Time Warner Cable
“To the extent that Comcast has a history of breaching its legal obligations to consumers, such history should be taken into account”
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‘Batman vs. Superman’s’ Ben Affleck Visits Washington, D.C.
The new Dark Knight finds Capitol Hill “quite intimidating”
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FCC Squashes Notion That It Will Study How TV News Stations Make Editorial Decisions
“Any suggestion that the FCC intends to regulate the speech of news media or plans to put monitors in America’s newsrooms is false”
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FCC Will Create New Net Neutrality Rules
Court decision will not be the end of FCC’s open internet efforts
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Big Win for Net Neutrality? How the Comcast-Time Warner Deal Can Help Save the Open Internet
Comcast needs government approval for its merger — a chance for regulators to leverage an extension of Net Neutrality protections
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Comcast’s Time Warner Cable Deal Will Be ‘Excruciating Wrestling Match’ With Regulators
“This merger is not going to fly through … no matter how it goes”
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Hollywood Crashes White House State Dinner: JJ Abrams, Stephen Colbert, Mindy Kaling Among Guests
Washington and media elite were well-represented, too, at the fete for French President Francois Hollande
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Music Mashup Battle: Sting, Steven Tyler and Britney Spears Among Artists Fighting Copyright Law
Don Henley, Ozzy Osbourne and deadmau5 also weigh in as the U.S. Patent and Trade Office determines how songs are sampled
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China Accused of Failing to Fully Implement Film Agreement
The International Intellectual Property Alliance says China’s market for music, software, films and more is stunted by piracy and access
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Democrats Propose Net Neutrality Legislation That Would Buy Time for the FCC
The bill would allow the FCC to keep rules in place while it figures out how to meet court-imposed guidelines
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Henry Waxman’s Retirement: Though He Never ‘Went Hollywood,’ the Industry Loses a Strong Liberal Backer
Hollywood-related issues weren’t his main focus, but Waxman did find himself advocating for the industry
