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Tom A. Bernstein and James I. Cash, Jr. Named to Markle Foundation Board of Directors

NEW YORK, NY—Zoë Baird, President of the Markle Foundation, announced today that Tom A. Bernstein, President of Chelsea Piers Management, Inc., and James I. Cash,…

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Markle Foundation Names Peter Kerr Chief Communications Officer

NEW YORK, NY—Peter Kerr, a former New York Times correspondent and veteran communications executive has been named Chief Communications Officer of the Markle Foundation, Zoë…

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International Study Calls for Democratic Elections, Public Participation in Internet Domain Names Management Group

NEW YORK, NY—The global body that coordinates the Internet’s domain name system should open itself up to public participation by creating a broadly open membership…

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Information Technologies Can Create Social and Economic Progress in Developing Countries, Says Report

NEW YORK, NY—The Digital Opportunity Initiative—a collaboration between Accenture, the Markle Foundation and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)—today released a report demonstrating the critical…

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Markle Releases Major Study on Governing the Internet

NEW YORK, NY—American Public favors new approaches to provide greater online protections and responsiveness. 64% of the public feels government should develop rules to protect…

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Markle Foundation Names Stefaan Verhulst as Director of Expanded Internet Governance Project

NEW YORK, NY—Zoë Baird, President of the Markle Foundation, announced today that Stefaan Verhulst will lead Markle’s newly expanded Internet Governance Project. Verhulst, who will…

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PBS Awarded Markle Foundation Grant to Develop Digital Strategy for Kids and Families

ALEXANDRIA, VA—In this age of digital convergence, where investments are being made in next-generation content and many institutions are re-tooling business models to take advantage…

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Markle Foundation Announces Independent Study Of ICANN Elections

NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation today announced that it will commit $432,000 toward an independent, international effort to study ICANN’s “At-Large” elections and governance structure….

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ICANN Elections: An Important Moment for Internet Governance

NEW YORK, NY—Balloting in the Internet’s first worldwide online elections for five members of the Board of Directors of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned…

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Thousands of Questions Posed by Voters in First Days of Web White & Blue 2000’s Rolling Cyber Debate

WASHINGTON, DC—Since the first ever online presidential debate launched on Sunday, October 1st, netizens are eagerly taking advantage of the historic opportunity to pose their…

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State-By-State Election Directory Debuts on Web White & Blue 2000

WASHINGTON, DC—Web White & Blue 2000, a non-profit, non-partisan project of the Markle Foundation designed to highlight the ways in which the Internet can expand…

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Global Network Readiness and Resource Initiative Launches at G-8 Summit in Japan

TOKYO, JAPAN—The Global Network Readiness and Resource Initiative, a public-private partnership of leading companies, foundations, academia, non-governmental organizations, and multilateral agencies intended to help create…