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Bridge Span 18-8: Behold! The Free Market Works

Yesterday Comcast announced that it is in the market for buying most of the media assets of Twenty-First Century Fox for cash, preparing a bid to best Disney which already made an offer. The media will call this a “bidding war,” but the truth behind the hyperbole is that this is the free market operating […]

Bridge Span 18-7: A CRA and the Ghouls of the Senate

For two decades the internet hummed along, creating new opportunities for people, business, and ideas. For all that time, under both Democrat and Republican control, the FCC, following the clear lead of Congress as laid out in the 1996 Communications Act, pursued a light regulatory touch while staying out of the way of progress, innovation […]

Bridge Span 18-1: One Vote That is One Big Step for Innovation

Tomorrow, the power of one vote could become very apparent. One vote could keep $1.56 billion in the pockets of taxpayers. One vote could unleash $275 billion in much needed infrastructure investment, creating 17,000 jobs. One vote? A new tax bill? An infrastructure plan? This is a vote by the FCC to modernize the federal […]