FCLJ Volume Archives

Editor’s Note Articles TELEVISION AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST by Newton N. Minow REVISITING THE VAST WASTELAND by Newton N Minow and Fred H Cate THE ROLE OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ON THE PATH FROM THE VAST WASTELAND TO THE… Read More »Volume 55; 2002-2003 • Issue 3

Editor’s Note Articles The Legacy of the Federal Communication Commission’s Computer Inquiries by Robert Cannon The FCC and the computer industry have learned much in the 35 years since the agency first began to regulate computer networks. Safeguards were imposed… Read More »Volume 55; 2002-2003 • Issue 2

Editor’s Note Articles Making and Keeping Regulatory Promises by Warren G. Lavey Multiyear regulatory commitments, or their absence, are an important part of the functioning of the telecommunications services and products industries. In this Article, Warren G. Lavey argues that,… Read More »Volume 55; 2002-2003 • Issue 1

Masthead Editor’s Note Articles An Efficiency Analysis of Contracts for the Provision of Telephone Services to Prisons by Justin Carver As the numbers of prisons and prisoners continue to increase, so does the market for prison services. One of the… Read More »Volume 54; 2001-2002 • Issue 3

Masthead Editor’s Note Articles My View From the Doorstep of FCC Change by Kathleen Q. Abernathy Commissioner Abernathy discusses the five key principles that inform her regulatory philosophy: 1) Congress sets the FCC’s responsibilities in the Communications Act, and the… Read More »Volume 54; 2001-2002 • Issue 2

Masthead Editor’s Note Articles Acquisitions by Partially Privatized Firms: The Case of Deutsche Telekom and Voicestream by J. Gregory Sidak A recent phenomenon in competition policy is the acquisition of a private firm by an enterprise that is either wholly… Read More »Volume 54; 2001-2002 • Issue 1

Masthead Editor’s Note Articles A Subsidy by Any Other Name: First Amendment Implications of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999 by Andrew D. Cotlar The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999 (“SHVIA”) changed the face of the… Read More »Volume 53; 2000-2001 • Issue 3