Here’s the latest 4MR audio report from MediaShift. In this week’s edition I focus on the proposal by the FCC chairman Julius Genachowski to find a “third way” of regulating broadband providers. His “Goldilocks” approach tries to inforce fairness and Net neutrality rules, but not be too heavy-handed by avoiding setting prices for ISPs or forcing them to open up their lines. Reaction was tepid from both sides of the political aisle. I try to explain Genachowski’s approach, and talk with the Investigative Reporting Workshop’s John Dunbar, who thinks there’s little to cheer consumer advocates in this proposal.
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Listen to my entire interview with John Dunbar:
Background music is “What the World Needs” by the The Ukelele Hipster Kings via PodSafe Music Network.
Here are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:
The FCC’s ‘Third Way,’ Will it Work? at CBSNews
FCC’s Genachowski Tries To Carve A ‘Third Way’ For Regulating ISPs at PaidContent
FCC’s Third Way – What You Need to Know at PC Magazine
FCC Chair Cites ‘Third Way’ For Neutrality at MediaPost
FCC’s third way – Regulate Internet access, not Internet content at VentureBeat
How the FCC Plans to Regulate Internet Lines at WSJ Digits
FCC statement – ‘Third way’ legal framework at CNET
FCC Web Rules Create Pushback at WSJ
Also, be sure to vote in our poll about what you think the FCC’s proposal:
Mark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and Idea Lab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the Online Publishers Association. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter @mediatwit.