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Mark Thompson

Los Angeles, California

Mark Thompson, a freelance writer based in Los Angeles, has written for publications ranging from the New Republic, the Wall Street Journal and the Atlantic Monthly to Islands and the Thai International Airlines inflight magazine. He is author of a biography of an eccentric journalist and Indian rights activist named Charles Fletcher Lummis, who lived in Los Angeles from the 1880s through the 1920s. Thompson earned a law degree in 1983 but has been a writer ever since.

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City dot-coms still waiting to strike it rich

January 16, 2006
Geodomain entrepreneurs tout a new report that says the tourism-focused City.com sites pose 'new threat' to 'old media,' but caveats abound.

Despite premature obits, e-mail still integral to Web publishing

March 17, 2005
Surviving spam overload, the beleaguered medium continues to reel in readers and some ad revenue, with one Web publisher saying e-mail is still the Internet's "killer ap."

Questionable Future Looms for Common Carriage Regulations

December 2, 2004
As the FCC mulls ditching common carriage rules, critics charge deregulation would give telecom companies too much power. Mark Thompson highlights two showdowns to watch for.

Lawyers Alarmed by International Libel Lawsuit Trend

November 2, 2004
Recent rulings in Internet lawsuits abroad have established a disturbing trend -- Web publishers can be sued for libel anywhere. Lawyers search for middle ground.