Al Franken
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‘SNL 40’: Inside the NBC Sketch Show’s Roaring Ratings Highs and Looming Lows
The “Not Ready for Primetime Players” ruled, while the young talent crop of the early ’90s provided a much-needed Nielsen boost
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Sarah Silverman Recreates the Time She Stabbed Al Franken at ‘Saturday Night Live’ (Video)
Comedienne randomly attacked the current Senator during their time together as writers on NBC’s venerable sketch comedy show
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Writers Guild, Musicians, Others Urge FCC to Reject Comcast/TWC Deal (Update)
The two groups say the deal is “not in the public interest” and warned it would give Comcast too much power over cable and broadband
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Congress Warned About DirecTV-AT&T Merger by Writers Guild of America West President
“Because the power to control the pipeline actually trumps the power to create, it brings with it the power to undermine the revolutionary power of the Internet itself,” said Christopher Keyser, WGA-W president, in front of Senate Judiciary Committee
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Legislators Offer Bill Requiring FCC to Act on Net Neutrality
“Our country cannot afford ‘pay-for-play’ schemes that divide our Internet into tiers based on who has the deepest pockets” says congressional co-sponsor Doris Matsui
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Tech Trade Group Rips Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger
“Regulators should block this merger,” group representing Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Yahoo and others says
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Sen. Al Franken ‘Skeptical’ of AT&T-DirecTV Deal
“We’re witnessing a major transformation of the telecom industry — and it’s going in exactly the wrong direction”
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Net Neutrality Supporters Aim to Push FCC Further
Sen. Al Franken slammed the FCC’s proposal as “woefully misguided” and warned that unless the FCC made further changes the Web could be in danger
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Senator Al Franken to Netflix CEO: What’s Your Take on the Comcast-Time Warner Deal?
Franken calls into question the “interconnection agreement” Netflix recently made with the cable company
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Consumer Group Slams Comcast, Time-Warner Deal at New Senate Hearing (Updated)
“It’s almost like a nationwide octopus with tentacles each able to squeeze off innovation,” warns Gene Kimmelman, President of consumer group Public Knowledge
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Comcast-TWC Deal Draws More Fire From Al Franken in Senate
DirecTV, Dish Network catch shrapnel at new hearing that calls their services into question
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Sen. Al Franken Questions Whether Comcast Can Be Trusted With Time Warner Cable
“To the extent that Comcast has a history of breaching its legal obligations to consumers, such history should be taken into account”
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Comcast’s Time Warner Cable Deal Will Be ‘Excruciating Wrestling Match’ With Regulators
“This merger is not going to fly through … no matter how it goes”
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Democrats Propose Net Neutrality Legislation That Would Buy Time for the FCC
The bill would allow the FCC to keep rules in place while it figures out how to meet court-imposed guidelines
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How a Net Neutrality Video Used John Hodgman and a Goofy Premise to Go Viral
“The Internet Must Go” attracts viewers by sending up internet service providers’ lobbying