Washington correspondent for TheWrap. Former Washington bureau chief Advertising Age
Experience:
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Obama to Honor Oprah Winfrey, Bill Clinton With Medal of Freedom
Former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee and country singer Loretta Lynn also among honorees
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CBS Blasts Time Warner Cable for Harming ‘Innocent Victims’; TWC Accuses Network of ‘Punitive Conduct’ (Updated)
Network exec took aim at the cable company in New York City Council testimony, and cable exec fought back while calling the regulatory system broken
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Obama Dines Privately With His ‘Longtime Friend,’ Jeffrey Katzenberg – but Who Paid?
The two dined alone Tuesday night at the Hilton in Woodland Hills, but White House press secretary Jay Carney refuses to say who picked up the check
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WGAW Urges FCC to Phase Out Primetime Indecency Rules
The union urged the FCC to replace content rules with technological solutions for families who don’t want to watch edgy content
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CBS’ Les Moonves a ‘Bellicose Broadcast CEO With a Napoleonic Complex,’ Says Cable Assn. Chief
American Cable Association CEO Matthew W. Polka is urging Congress to step in and rewrite current retransmission rules
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J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Alan Horn: Who Are Hollywood’s Biggest Political Donors? (Exclusive)
Who's giving what to whom? An early look at the biggest contributors in showbiz
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Federal Violence-in-Entertainment Study Sails to the Senate Floor
Both the MPAA and National Cable and Telecommunications Association support the 15-month review
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Fox ‘Disappointed’ With Court Decision Allowing Dish’s Hopper to Proceed
Fox says it is disappointed with an appellate-court ruling Wednesday morning that rejected the network’s attempt to immediately shut down Dish Network’s PrimeTime Anytime and its ad-skipper Hopper technologies. In a major blow to TV networks, the three-judge panel in San Francisco agreed with a lower-court decision that Fox hadn’t demonstrated that the Hopper violates…
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Democratic Senator Joins John McCain’s ‘a la Carte’ Cable Plan
Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal calls the current system antiquated and antidemocratic
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Obamacare Recruits Hollywood – Jennifer Hudson, Amy Poehler Top White House Visitor List
Obama wants celebs to sell young people on signing up for health care exchanges
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MPAA Dings Internet Ad Take-Down Scheme as Insufficient
MPAA said that the plan to yank ads for pirated content places too much burden on rights holders
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Attorney General Calls for Stricter Press Protections — the Press Keeps (Mostly) Quiet About It
The Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press questioned whether the new guidelines go far enough
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Battle Over the FCC’s Future Kickstarted Again in Congress
Greg Walden rips the FCC for taking too long to review communications deals and for overreaching in demanding concessions such as in the Comcast-NBCU merger
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Obama Nerds Out, Says George Lucas ‘Made Those Planes Fly in Space’
The president honors Lucas, Tony Kushner, Herb Alpert, Elaine May, others, with National Medal of Arts awards
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George Lucas, Tony Kushner, Herb Alpert Among National Medal of Arts Honorees
President Obama will deliver the awards on July 10 in White house ceremonies