Sept 17, 2014: Dominic Rushe: The Guardian: News Corp executive labels Google a 'platform for piracy'
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Sept 13, 2014: Community Broadband Networks: The Guardian Visits Chattanooga
Reporter Dominic Rushe, mentioned how the city has faced legal opposition from incumbents that sued to stop the network. They continue to hound the EPB today, most recently by trying to stop the city's FCC petition to expand its services. 
ON THE RECORD: Jan 20, 2014: Arianna Huffington is expanding her media ventures world wide-literally world wide. Dominic Rushe reports in The Guardian that "Arianna Huffington announces launch of World Post news website.": "The digital media titan Arianna Huffington and the billionaire investor Nicolas Berggruen on Wednesday announced the launch of World Post, a comment and news website that looks set to become a platform for some of the most powerful people on the planet...... the World Post will be launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this month. Many of its contributors including former British prime minister Tony Blair, Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Google’s Eric Schmidt are regulars at the annual jamboree for the world’s most connected people. " So will it just be an extension of the Huffington Post? "The site will have its own stand-alone presence but will also replace the Huffington Post’s current world section. The Huffington Post will run the advertising side of the business and will also organise conferences and sponsored sections. Neither side will comment on how much funding has been put into the business."
Blacklisted News: Billionaires Enlist Arianna Huffington to launch "World Post" News Website at World Economic Forum Common Dreams: Another Media Platform for the World's Rich and Powerful? Daily Banter: Arianna Huffington’s ‘The World Post’: Exactly What the World Doesn’t Need Info Wars: Arianna Huffington Courts Global Elite in Effort to Undermine Alternative Media Josic: Huffington Post Launching World Post to Expand Global Coverage Memeburn: Arianna Huffington launches news site for the one percent Spiegel Online: "World Post": Huffington und Berggruen gründen Elite-Webseite |
Oct 22, 2013: Dominic Rushe: Salon: These men are the 10 best-paid chief executives in America
