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BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Catherine Yang	Getting Real At The FCC Unlike Michael K. Powell, the next chairman must put ideology aside to foster new services. The new chairman must safeguard basic communications services and promote new entrants who'll create competition.
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The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Anders Bylund	Fool on the Street: News Corp. Still Doesn't Get It Is a la carte cable television programming, where the consumer can pick and choose which channels to pay for, an idea whose time has come?
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InternetNews March 29, 2005 Roy Mark	Supreme Court Questions FCC Cable Modem Regs Cable industry, FCC tell high court it's lawful to deny ISPs access to cable broadband lines.
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