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Tom Wheeler, Former Lobbyist and Obama Fundraiser, Tapped to Lead FCC
U.S. President Barack Obama named prominent venture capitalist Tom Wheeler as his nominee to be the new chairman of the Federal Communication Commission, as...
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Stepping Down After Contentious Term
Genachowski infuriated public interest groups for compromising on net neutrality and allowing Comcast to purchase NBCUniversal.
The Supreme Court’s FCC Ruling: A Decision, But No F-ing Closure
They may call it a “fleeting obscenity” case, but the journey of the lawsuit finally decided on by the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday, challenging FCC indecency...
AT&T Holiday Reprieve: FCC Approves Deal to Buy Qualcomm Spectrum
Rebounding from a humbling, all but forced capitulation in the face of fierce government opposition to its proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA, AT&T won FCC...
TechFast: Facebook and the FTC, AT&T and the FCC, Google's Facelift
Good morning and happy Wednesday! Here's what's going on in tech so far...
Photo Essays
LIFE Watches TV
Television gets a bad rap. As early as 1961, President Kennedy’s FCC chairman, Newton Minow, famously characterized most programming as a “vast wasteland.”...
Time.com Specials
Cell Phones' Radiation Report Card
The amount of radiation emitted by cell phones varies from model to model, but all fall under the FCC-mandated maximum absorption rate of 1.6 watts per kilogram...
