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“This Week in Law #156,” This Week in Tech, April 6, 2012. Larry appeared on This Week in Law with colleague Geoffrey Manne. Topics included antitrust, net neutrality, and Viacom v. YouTube. |
Category Archives: Media
NR/Xbox
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“Larry Downes on Comcast and the Xbox Exception,” The National Review, April 4, 2012. Reihan Salam highlights Larry’s articles on Comcast’s new on-demand service offered through XBox. |
NN Shareholder/Forbes
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“AT&T, Verizon, Sprint Net Neutrality Proposals: Simply Awful,” Forbes, April 12, 2012. Larry dissects poorly-written and counter-productive shareholder proposals being urged on investors of leading mobile carriers to “operate” their networks “consistent” with net neutrality “principles.” |
XBox/CNET
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“No, Comcast is not Breaking the Internet…Again,” CNET News.com, April 2, 2012. Larry takes an in-depth look at complaints about the new Comcast/Xbox service, which demonstrate once again that when all self-styled consumer advocates have is a net neutrality hammer, everything looks like a nail. |
Grasping at Straws/Forbes
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“Best Buy Grasping at Straws,” Forbes, March 29, 2012. Larry reviews proposals made by Best Buy to reverse its failing business in a follow-up article for Forbes. Other Forbes contributors cited Larry’s writings on the company’s strategy, including Forbes’ staffer Dan Bigman. |
BBY/CNET
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“Is Best Buy Following CompUSA, Circuit City to Certain Doom?,” CNET News.com, March 29, 2012. For CNET, Larry recounts the many strategic blunders of the consumer electronics giant in its response to changing technology and consumer buying habits in the wake of a company announcement that it was closing 40 stores. |
