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MUCKROCK’S DOCUMENTS OF NOTE: FCC COMPLAINTS FOR THE OSCARS
In our second installment of the DigBoston/MuckRock collaboration, some seriously top secret information has passed our frequencies, and I mean hush-hush puppies. The Dig warns readers to proceed with...
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IN THE TUBES: FCC IS OK WITH ORTIZ’S PASSION
At Saturday’s game the Red Sox had a heartwarming opening ceremony for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing and to celebrate the heroes who helped save lives and bring the suspect into custody....
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MEDIA FARM: NO PRESENCE, NO ACCESS, NO INSIGHT
There are thousands of people in the city of Boston who have opinions about who will be following in Menino’s footsteps. What’s truly lacking are folks who understand the nuances of Boston politics,...
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MEDIA FARM: NET NEUTRALITY AND MASS GUN MORALITY
Image by Scott Murry NO HIGH-SPEED FOR YOU! We can’t think of any new metaphors or analogies to explain net neutrality. They’ve all been used. No worries; colorful comparisons can help members of the...
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LOCAL NET NEUTRALITY ADVOCATES TELL CABLE PROVIDERS TO STAY OUT OF THEIR PACKETS
Images by Katherine Tamola With John Oliver’s viral rant about net neutrality having come and gone, activists are working tirelessly to keep the issue front-and-center as President Barack Obama is...
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LOCAL NET NEUTRALITY ADVOCATES TELL CABLE PROVIDERS TO STAY OUT OF THEIR PACKETS
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APPARENT HORIZON: CABLE JEOPARDY
Now that broadband internet is a public utility, both cable companies and telephone companies need to pay for public access television — not try to defund it Last week, the Boston Institute for...
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SPECIAL GUEST COLUMN: CONTROLLING THE CONNECTION
Municipal broadband is municipal resistance On the first day of his administration, President Donald Trump appointed Ajit Pai as chair of the Federal Communications Commission. Already a...
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SUBSIDIZING GIANTS
Charlie Baker’s $4.1 million gift to the cable industry On July 12, the Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality, millions of Americans sent comments to the Federal Communications...
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THE YEAR WE LOST NET NEUTRALITY
If we want a free and open internet, we should build one This month, the FCC, as expected, voted to end net neutrality. This comes on the heels of a Republican Congress repealing Obama-era...
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PROPS FOR THE SHOP THAT DROPPED UBER COP
Dear Reader, I don’t only complain about our stories getting stolen out of conceit and contempt for large news organizations. Sure, I think our work is excellent, and cutting edge, and of course I...
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BOSTON’S HIDDEN DIAL: AN INSIDER’S TOUR OF THE HUB’S COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY...
Radio, that strange, dusty object in the corner with the little dials, used to be the place to discover music. Many a night was spent huddled under the covers with a clandestine radio, listening for...
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EDITORIAL: SAVE COMMUNITY MEDIA
Cute kids love community media. Photo courtesy of Somerville Media Center. Tell the FCC That You Support Your Local Cable Access Station by Dec 14 At DigBoston, my colleagues and I put a lot of...
View ArticleLOCAL NET NEUTRALITY ADVOCATES TELL CABLE PROVIDERS TO STAY OUT OF THEIR PACKETS
LOCAL NET NEUTRALITY ADVOCATES TELL CABLE PROVIDERS TO STAY OUT OF THEIR PACKETS
View ArticleAPPARENT HORIZON: CABLE JEOPARDY
Now that broadband internet is a public utility, both cable companies and telephone companies need to pay for public access television — not try to defund it
View ArticleSPECIAL GUEST COLUMN: CONTROLLING THE CONNECTION
Boston has chosen a different approach—one of partnering with Verizon, which seeks to use Boston to demonstrate to Wall Street that it is a company looking to the future of digital entertainment and...
View ArticleSUBSIDIZING GIANTS
Charlie Baker’s $4.1 million gift to the cable industry On July 12, the Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality, millions of Americans sent comments to the Federal Communications...
View ArticleTHE YEAR WE LOST NET NEUTRALITY
If we want a free and open internet, we should build one
View ArticlePROPS FOR THE SHOP THAT DROPPED UBER COP
In the past two weeks alone, the Dig has been excited to see several stories that we first dug into, in some cases with help from the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, that have since been...
View ArticleBOSTON’S HIDDEN DIAL: AN INSIDER’S TOUR OF THE HUB’S COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY...
I’m here to remind that the radio dial in Boston still offers a cornucopia of sounds known and unknown, music that is often deftly curated by musically obsessed volunteer disc jockeys at college...
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