The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. INTERNET

Time Warner and AOL announce a new venture to offer downloads of “classic” TV shows online.  

 CEI Expert Available for Comment: Technology Counsel Braden Cox on why the FCC needs to remove regulatory burdens to delivery of cable TV over the Internet.

2. HEALTH & SAFETY

New cases of avian flu are reported across Asia.

 CEI Expert Available for Comment: Adjunct Analyst Dr. Henry I. Miller on what needs to be done to prepare for a possible flu pandemic.

3. MEDICARE

Medicare recipients prepare to register for the program’s new prescription drug benefit.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: President Fred L. Smith, Jr. on why the skyrocketing costs of Medicare are cause for alarm.

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