Foundation To Announce New Structure And Grants
FCC Auction of Airwaves Draws Weak Bidding
Network Solutions Dropped as Registrar of Internet Domains
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Title: Foundation To Announce New Structure And Grants
Source: New York Times (A28)
Author: Judith Miller
Issue: Philanthropy
Description: After a yearlong reorganization, the Ford Foundation will
announce $50 million in new grants today including $20 million to fight
poverty. Ford is the nation's largest private grant-making institution.
Ford plans to give away more than $407 million in grants this year in three
program divisions: asset-building and community development; peace and
social justice; and education, media, arts, and culture.
Title: FCC Auction of Airwaves Draws Weak Bidding
Source: Wall Street Journal (http://www.wsj.com/) (A2)
Author: Bryan Gruley
Issue: Spectrum
Description: Television broadcasters are thrilled because the FCC's latest
round of spectrum auctions is not going all that well. Broadcasters want
the auctions to be unsuccessfully because that increases their chances of
being able to hold on to their analog channels longer. FCC Chairman Hundt
says he's not that surprised by the subpar bidding because the FCC didn't
give the industry enough advanced notice about this auction.
Title: Network Solutions Dropped as Registrar of Internet Domains
Source: Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/) (E1)
Author: David S. Hilzenrath
Issue: Internet
Description: The National Science Foundation announced that it will not
renew Network Solutions' contract to register Internet domain names.
Network Solutions, however, declared that it would not give up its
exclusive hold of .com and other established addresses. A coalition of
groups led by the Internet Society is trying to start a movement where many
companies can register addresses not just Network Solutions. Allowing for
competing firms to register domains, users could see lower prices and
better services. Domain names act as the Zip-code of the Internet, enabling
users to address email and locate pages on the World Wide Web.
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