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Shift Seen in Telecom RegulationFriday, November 21, 2008 12:18 PM
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Shift Seen in Telecom Regulation
The telecom industry is bracing for a new era. New congressional leaders as well as policy makers in the Obama administration are expected to press for fresh limits on media consolidation and require phone and cable firms to open their networks to Internet competitors.

Brody Mullins and Amy Schatz, Wall Street Journal
Google, Others Call for New Broadband, Energy Policies
The U.S. government may be poised to reverse course on its market-only approach to rolling out broadband and a smart electricity grid to all corners of the country, advocates said

Grant Gross, IDG News Service
A Peek at Google's D.C. Agenda
During a policy debate sponsored by Google, experts and advocates alike argued that the incoming Obama administration and Congress can solve two challenges, broadband deployment and energy reform.

Kennith Corbin, InternetNews
Video Is Not the Future of the Internet. It's the Present.
Auto companies may be going out of business. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is shrinking dramatically, by the day. Consumer confidence is at a post-war low. But Internet traffic is unabated. Notably, its led by consumers. And video.

Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, ZDNet
Web Video Developing into Cable Alternative
The next-generation cable TV is coming to consumers via video aggregation sites on the Web. Getting their content onto your TV is still a problem, but they are starting to become for some an alternative to cable.

Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News
AT&T Front Group Claims Internet End is Nigh
The Internet Innovation Alliance, an industry trade group spearheaded by AT&T, issued a press release proclaiming that by 2012, apparently incompetent engineers won't be able to manage Internet capacity, and we will begin seeing brownouts.

Karl Bode, Broadband Reports

SPJ Holding Obama to His Pledge to Support Shield Law
The Society of Professional Journalists is holding President-elect Barack Obama to his pledge of support for a federal shield law, calling the law "a critical piece of legislation to continue to assure the flow of information."

John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable
Post-Election, the Audience Drifts Away
Americans became smitten with the high drama of the presidential election, but the transition of power is proving less than sexy. And ratings for cable TV and online news Web sites have fallen since the election.

Paul Farhi, Washington Post
The Newspaper Guild's New Pitch: Survival
With the industry sagging under the weight of a recoiling advertising market, the onslaught of Internet distribution and journalist layoffs, the Newspaper Guild is in survival mode.

James Erik Abels, Forbes
Associated Press to Cut 10 Percent of Jobs in 2009
The Associated Press plans to cut up to 10 percent of its work force in 2009, as it copes with tough financial times and ailing member newspapers.

Robert MacMillan, Reuters
Anniston Star Lays Off 10 Percent of Workers
The Anniston Star is cutting 15 employees, or about 10 percent of its work force.

Joe Strupp, Editor & Publisher
How the News Media Covered Religion in the General Election
Religion played a much more significant role in the media coverage of President-elect Barack Obama than it did in the press treatment of Republican nominee John McCain during the 2008 presidential campaign. But much of the coverage was related to false yet persistent rumors that Obama is a Muslim.

Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
Juror Defies Russian Court's Attempts to Close Trial
The trial of three men accused of helping to organize the murder of one of Russia's most prominent investigative reporters, Anna Politkovskaya, took a surprise turn as a juror publicly challenged the court's decision to hold the proceedings behind closed doors.

Philip P. Pan, Washington Post This week: Local and regional conservative talk show radio shock jocks create an echo chamber that reaches across the country. And talk of resurrecting the Fairness Doctrine persists, despite the fact that theres no plan to bring it back. Listen here.

Telecom, Google Vets to Write Obama Tech Policy Priorities
President-elect Barack Obama has named two telecom industry and policy veterans and a leader of Google's philanthropy arm to craft the new administration's high-tech policy priorities.

Washington Post
Obama Transition Team Names Tech Policy Group
The three team leaders of the technology, innovation, and government reform policy working group for the Obama transition team have been announced. They are Julius Genachowski and Blair Levin, two former FCC staff members, and Sonal Shah, the head of Google.org.

CNet
Does AT&T's Newfound Interest in Privacy Hurt Google?
The Future of Privacy Forum, a new group backed by AT&T, is calling for policy that would force any company to get permission from consumers before collecting data about them to use in advertising. The group believes the rule should apply equally to both Internet providers and Web players. Will this hurt Google?

New York Times
AT&T Controls the Future of Privacy -- Seriously
A new think tank called The Future of Privacy is being funded by AT&T. The group hopes to help policy makers and business leaders figure out how to manage online privacy.

GigaOm
Bush Adviser Warns Against Reinstating Fairness Doctrine
The Bush administrations top telecom policy adviser warned against the return of the Fairness Doctrine, saying it would be a "u-turn" on the road to a more diverse media marketplace.

Broadcasting & Cable
Roger Ailes Signs New 5-Year Deal with News Corp.
Roger Ailes has signed a new deal that will keep him at News Corp. for at least another five years, where he'll continue overseeing five News Corp. divisions including Fox News, Fox Business, Fox TV Stations, 20th Television and MyNetworkTV.

TV Newser
Dear Steve Jobs: Set the Music Free
The iTunes music library is looking a little shabby these days. Look around, Steve: iTunes is the last great refuge of DRM-laden downloads. Is this the image you want for Apple?

CNet
Report: Web Still Growing Despite Recession
The days of continuous record setting quarters appear over for now, but online advertising is still growing steadily in the face of a rough economic environment.

MediaWeek
Obama's Cell Phone Records Breached
Records from a cell phone used by President-elect Obama were improperly breached, apparently by Verizon employees. The telco has launched an internal investigation.

CNN
EU Opens Digital Library to Public with over 2 Million Works
The European Union has opened its digital online library, Europeana, to the public, allowing users everywhere free access to more than 2 million books, maps, recordings, photographs, archival documents, paintings, and films from national libraries and cultural institutions.

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Soaring forests... or stumps?Friday, November 21, 2008 9:26 AM
From: "Kathy Kilmer, The Wilderness Society" <action@...>To: "Theresa J. Steed" <Quechick007@...>

November 21, 2008

Dear Theresa J.,

Oregon's ancient forests are at risk of large scale commercial logging.

Reject the Bush Administration's plans NOW!

President Bush's final day in office comes in exactly two months and his Administration is clearly aiming to use the remaining time to get as many environmental rollbacks on the books as possible.

An extreme case in point: The ancient forests of western Oregon, now under threat of large scale, industrial clearcut logging.

You can help us protect Oregon's ancient forests from last-minute handouts to the timber industry. Take action now!

This isn't just about a small plot of land. The Administration's plan endangers more than two million acres of ancient forests of cedar and fir, home to black bears and deer, as well as endangered birds like the marbled murrelet and spotted owl. It's an area whose trees, wetlands and thousands of miles of rushing rivers act as a buffer against encroaching changes from global warming.

The Bush Administration's proposals would fragment this old growth ecosystem with the desolation of stumps and logging roads.

We're already having an impact through our efforts, the Bush Administration reversed itself and finally agreed to accept public comments on this plan. Now we need to flood the Administration with letters in opposition to this radical plan.

Don't sit idly by. Speak up to reject the Bush Administration's plans NOW.

Time and time again, we have successfully kept this Administration from wreaking havoc on our nation's wilderness. It would be a travesty if, during the last days of the Bush Administration, we lost such a legacy through inaction.

In these final days of 2008, let's do all we can to save Oregon's ancient forests.

Thank you for your commitment.

Sincerely,

Kathy Kilmer

The Wilderness Society
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Note: Yes, A President's daughter might
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Y! Alert: Yahoo! News Search Results for Sen. Edward M. KennedySaturday, December 27, 2008 12:36 PM
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The latest from Yahoo! News Search Results for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy

Kennedy says 9/11, Obama led her to public service (AP via Yahoo! News)
Kennedy: I'll 'work twice as hard' (Chicago Sun-Times)
Caroline Kennedy says Obama, 9/11 prompted her bid (Houston Chronicle)
Kennedy: I'll Have To Work Twice As Hard (CBS News)
Kennedy Says 9/11, Obama Led Her To Public Service (WCBS-TV New York)
Kennedy explains Senate bid (The Nashua Telegraph)

Kennedy says 9/11, Obama led her to public service (AP via Yahoo! News) Top
Caroline Kennedy emerged from weeks of near-silence Friday about her bid for a Senate seat by saying that after a lifetime of closely guarded privacy, she felt compelled to answer the call to service issued by her father a generation ago.

Kennedy: I'll 'work twice as hard' (Chicago Sun-Times) Top
NEW YORK -- Caroline Kennedy emerged from weeks of near-silence Friday about her bid for a Senate seat by saying that after a lifetime of closely guarded privacy, she felt compelled to answer the call to service issued by her father almost 48 years ago.

Caroline Kennedy says Obama, 9/11 prompted her bid (Houston Chronicle) Top
In her first sit-down interview since she emerged as a Senate hopeful, the 51-year-old daughter of President John F. Kennedy told The Associated Press that she has always pondered jumping into politics, but waited for the right moment.

Kennedy: I'll Have To Work Twice As Hard (CBS News) Top
Caroline Kennedy emerged from weeks of near-silence about her bid for a Senate seat by saying that after a lifetime of closely guarded privacy, she felt compelled to answer the call to service issued by her father a generation ago.

Kennedy Says 9/11, Obama Led Her To Public Service (WCBS-TV New York) Top
Caroline Kennedy is going on the record to make her case for why she should be Hillary Clinton's replacement as New York's junior senator. Kennedy wants in to the family business of politics, saying she would work "twice as hard." It was her first major interview about the Senate seat. The crowd noise in the background came from patrons at a crowded diner in TriBeCa. In between bites of a ...

Kennedy explains Senate bid (The Nashua Telegraph) Top
NEW YORK -- Caroline Kennedy emerged from weeks of near-silence Friday about her bid for a Senate seat by saying that after a lifetime of closely guarded privacy, she felt compelled to answer the call to service issued by her father a generation ago. ... - By LARRY NEUMEISTER The Associated Press

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Stop Bush's last-minute attacks on our ancient forestsSunday, November 23, 2008 8:17 AM
From: "Bill Meadows, The Wilderness Society" <action@...>To: "Theresa J. Steed" <Quechick007@...>

November 23, 2008

Dear Theresa J.,

The Bush Administration is working hard to roll back environmental protections.

Don't let Oregon's ancient forests fall victim.

Donate to The Wilderness Society today!

In the past few weeks, we've been working hard to stop the Bush Administration from putting some of the last old-growth forests in Oregon on the chopping block.

Now we need your help in these final hours.

History shows that outbound administrations often slip in their most extreme initiatives in their final days. So, in these last months of Bush's presidency, we can expect he'll do whatever he can to undo critical environmental protections.

That's why we're asking you to make a donation today. Doing so will help The Wilderness Society stop industrial clearcut logging in Oregon's old-growth forests.

Centuries-old trees depend on our vigilance, not to mention the spotted owls, black bears and marbled murrelets that make Oregon's ancient forests their home. With your help, we can ensure that America's old-growth forests will be there for our grandchildren, and their children.

Donate today. Help The Wilderness Society defend Oregon's ancient forests and our natural heritage.

Thank you for all you do.

Best wishes,

Bill Meadows, President
The Wilderness Society

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Help Rep. Nadler Block Bush PardonsSunday, November 23, 2008 2:40 PM
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Rep. Jerrold Nadler is Leading the Effort Against
Bush's Blanket Pardons. Act NOW to Help Him.

Dear Theresa,

Rep. Jerrold Nadler

Thanks to our allies Democrats.com who launched a massive movement against pardons. Bob Fertik called on activists to sign a petition to our Representatives. More than 46,000 people took action and Congress took notice. On Friday, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced H.Res. 1531 urging Bush not to pardon administration officials for crimes Bush authorized.

The resolution asserts: President George W. Bush may have committed crimes involving the mistreatment of detainees, the extraordinary rendition of individuals to countries known to engage in torture, illegal surveillance of United States citizens, unlawful leaks of classified information, obstruction of justice, political interference with the conduct of the Justice Department, and other illegal acts.... Bush has been urged to grant preemptive pardons to senior administration officials who might face criminal prosecution for actions taken in the course of their official duties....

Nadler's resolution urges Congress to investigate those crimes and any pardons relating to them, and urges the Attorney General (current or future) to appoint an Independent Counsel to prosecute those crimes.

Rep. Nadler chairs the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties and can move the resolution forward either during the lame duck session in December or when the 111th Congress convenes in January.

Help us build on Rep. Nadler's work. Support PDA now.

Support our Impeachment efforts: Order buttons, bumper stickers, etc. while they last.

Please help us persuade Representatives to co-sponsor H.Res. 1531 by signing the new petition: http://www.democrats.com/nadler-pardons?cid=ZGVtczE2ZGVtcw==

Also, please call your Representative at 202-224-3121 and speak with the Chief of Staff or the Legislative Assistant who handles Judiciary matters. If your Representative says (s)he will co-sponsor, please report back to Democrats.com on their "whipping" page: http://www.democrats.com/nadler-pardon-resolution.

Yours for Peace and Accountability,

Tim Carpenter, PDA National Director

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ActionSpeak: Post-election briefing, victory in Milwaukee, and more...Monday, November 24, 2008 1:54 PM
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ActionSpeak | November 2008

Panel of Debra Ness, Amy Walter, Hilary Rosen, and Chris Jennings at the November 14, 2008 post-election briefing

Post-Election Webcast
Did you miss the National Partnership's post-election briefing? View the webcast online!
>>Watch the webcast here

Your Support Matters
The current economic crisis affects us all very personally. We're deeply concerned about the millions of families that are stretched to the breaking point and struggling just to survive.

Help us make these families safer and more secure against unemployment and poverty, and ensure that they have quality health care. Make a tax-deductible gift today of $35, $20 or whatever you can afford.
>>Donate today

Press Releases

~ New FMLA Regulations Offer Bad News for Workers, Good News for Military Families (November 14, 2008)

~ Milwaukee Becomes Third City in U.S. to Guarantee Paid Sick Days (November 5, 2008)

Recent Media Coverage

~ Rule Allows More Time Off For Families of Injured Troops (Washington Post, November 15, 2008)

~ Military Families Get Time Off for Care (New York Times, November 14, 2008)

~ Family leave rules tighten; military families eligible (USA Today, November 14, 2008)

~ Labor Department finalizes new family leave rules (The Associated Press, November 13, 2008)

~ Pregnancy discrimination complaints jump, especially for women of color (Atlanta Journal Constitution, November 6, 2008)

~ An Urgent Sexual and Reproductive Health Agenda for a Pro-Choice President and Congress (RH Reality Check, November 5, 2008)

~ Pregnant Women Still Face Job Discrimination (TIME, October 31, 2008)

Daily Report Highlights

The following headlines appeared in the National Partnership's Daily Womens Health Policy Report.

~ NATIONAL POLITICS & POLICY | New York Times Examines Controversy Over Proposed HHS Conscience Rule (November 18, 2008)

~ ELECTION 2008 | Observers Expect Obama To Reverse Polices Blocking International Family Planning Aid (November 18, 2008)

~ ON THE BLOGS | Blogs Comment on Proposed HHS Conscience Rule, Evangelical Support for Obama, Midwife Care (November 18, 2008)

~ ELECTION 2008 | AP/San Francisco Chronicle Examines Future of Antiabortion Movement Amid Democratic Control in Washington (November 13, 2008)

~ ELECTION 2008 | Newspapers Examine Future of Antiabortion Measures Defeated in Election (November 6, 2008)

>>Subscribe to the free Daily Womens Health Policy Report

POST-ELECTION BRIEFING | Looking Ahead

A new Administration and a new Congress are about to take office in Washington, offering hope for real progress on issues that are critically important to women and families.

On November 14, we held a post-election briefing featuring some of the nations leading experts Amy Walter, Editor-in-Chief of National Journals Hotline; leading health policy strategist Chris Jennings; Hilary Rosen of CNN and Huffington Post; and National Partnership President Debra Ness to discuss work and family issues, health care reform, reproductive health, and fairness in the workplace.

The National Partnership is dedicated to advancing concrete policies that will improve the lives of women and families across the nation. And we will make the most of every opportunity that lies ahead.

Action: While we know these are hard economic times for everyone, we are encouraged about the possibilities that lie ahead. Thats why we need your support, now more than ever.
>>Please support our work
>>Read about our key priorities
>>Watch the webcast

WORK/FAMILY | Victory! Paid Sick Days in Milwaukee

On November 4th, Milwaukee voters handed workers a huge victory by approving a city-wide paid sick and safe days initiative with an overwhelming 69 percent of the vote. Under the new Milwaukee ordinance, full-time workers in large businesses will now be able to earn up to 9 paid sick days a year and workers in smaller businesses with fewer than 10 employees will earn up to 5 days a year. Workers may use their sick days for their own care and medical treatment or to care for a sick family member, and those experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault can use it to promote their safety.

This decisive victory makes Milwaukee the third locality to guarantee workers paid sick days, after San Francisco and Washington, DC. It also sends a powerful message to our national and state elected leaders: working people strongly support a basic workplace standard of paid sick days! The National Partnership is working with advocates in 15 states and localities on paid sick days campaigns for 2009.

Action: We want to hear from you. Why are paid sick days important to you?
>>Share your story

The Bush Administration is pushing through a wide range of controversial last minute regulations. Last week, the Department of Labor released regulations on the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that have both positive and negative consequences for working families. We are thrilled to report that the new regulations expand FMLA access for military families, providing them with a clear path to access the leave they need to care for wounded service members and to take care of their families while a service member is deployed.

However, at the same time, these regulations will make it more difficult for workers to take the leave they need. They jeopardize workers medical privacy, give employees less time to give notice of leave, make it easier for employers to delay or deny leave, and make it more difficult for workers to use their paid leave while on FMLA leave. Over the last 15 years, workers have used the FMLA more than 100 million times to take the leave they needed without putting their jobs at risk. This law is working well. We should be looking for ways to expand the FMLA, not putting FMLA rights at risk.

Action: The new FMLA regulations move our country in the wrong direction. Join us in urging our new leaders to undo the damage caused by these harmful regulations, as well as to expand the FMLA.
>>Urge Congress to restore and expand the FMLA

Of Supreme Importance | Protecting Employees from Pregnancy Discrimination: AT&T v. Hulteen

On December 10th, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that examines whether an employer violates the Pregnancy Discrimination Act by calculating present-day retirement benefits based on discriminatory tenure practices of the past. The case involves several women now retiring from AT&T who are receiving lower pensions because their benefits are based on tenure calculations that exclude time on pregnancy leave. Under an old AT&T policy in place prior to the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, employees received credit towards length of service for purposes of retirement for all time spent on leave for a temporary disability, except when that leave was due to pregnancy. This type of policy became illegal when the Pregnancy Discrimination Act became law in 1978.

Although AT&T subsequently changed its policy to treat pregnancy leave like other forms of temporary disability leave, it continued to calculate retirement benefits based on the old policy by not crediting time spent on pregnancy leave for those women who took pregnancy leave when the policy was still on the books. As a result, female retirees who took pregnancy leave under the old policy face current discrimination in the calculation of their retirement benefits.

Pregnancy discrimination complaints have jumped 65% in the last 15 years. It is particularly important for the Supreme Court to send a strong message to employers that unfair treatment of pregnant women will not be tolerated, wherever and whenever it occurs.

Action: Learn more about this important pregnancy discrimination case and how AT&T v. Hulteen affects workers.
>>Read more

HEALTH | Partnering for Health Care

Over the past several months we have been working closely with the National Priorities Partnership to bring about safer, more affordable patient-centered health care. The National Priorities Partnership is a group of 28 leading organizations that have come together to establish national priorities and goals to improve our health care system including setting priorities in the areas of payment, public reporting, quality improvement, and consumer engagement. The National Priorities Partnership has offered a unique opportunity to work with a broad range of health care organizations on common goals for fixing our broken health care system, and we led the committee focusing on patient and family engagement.

On November 17, the National Partnership joined all partners to publicly announce the key priorities. We are now spearheading an effort to bring together consumers, as well as employers and health plans, to achieve consensus on action steps to make these priorities a reality and improve health care for all individuals and families.

Action: Learn more about the priorities and key initiatives to reform our health care system.
>>Visit the National Priorities Partnership website

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH | Looking Beyond the Election

The National Partnership has been working closely with allies in Congress and the health care and womens rights communities to prepare for the new Administration and the new Congress. We expect much more support for reproductive rights in the years ahead.

We are working to ensure that the anti-choice policies of the past eight years are reversed, reproductive health care is addressed appropriately in health care reform, and our nation makes preventing unintended pregnancy much more of a priority.

Were also remaining vigilant as the Bush Administration continues to release "midnight" regulations to enact controversial last-minute policy changes that the next administration will be forced to address. The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) could finalize proposed provider "conscience" regulations at any moment that threaten to deprive women of the right to reproductive health services and information We are ready to respond and will keep you updated on the status.

Action: Stay tuned for up to date information on womens reproductive health.

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