R. Thomas Umstead

The Comcast Foundation said it will make a $50,000 grant to the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) in an effort to foster greater adoption of broadband Internet services within African American homes. The NBCSL/Comcast Broadband Legislative Fellowship will help spearhead efforts to develop recommendations to Congress and the Federal Communications Commission as they develop national and local solutions to alleviate disparities in broadband access, adoption, and use.

Some of the largest adult-entertainment players in cable TV are struggling online. The sheer volume of established competition is staggering, having multiplied like rabbits almost overnight. Today more than 4 million adult-oriented Internet Web sites offer pictures and video to titillate every imaginable sexual taste.