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The economic fallout of the pandemic is crippling the advertising business even as it’s led to a surge in readership.

Layoffs. Pay cuts. Furloughs. Closed newspapers. Containing COVID-19 could spell disaster for an industry dependent on ads.

The COVID-19 pandemic is underscoring just how important it is for rural Americans to have high-speed internet access.

Even Charles Dickens would have struggled to keep up with the best of times and worst of times hitting America’s newsrooms in 2020.

In an apocalyptic advertising downturn, ideas that would have been unthinkable weeks ago deserve immediate consideration.

Free Press is calling for a $100-billion broadband investment that would benefit people, not just companies.

WASHINGTON — Free Press on Thursday filed an emergency petition calling on the FCC to investigate the spread of false COVID-19 information via broadcast outlets.

WASHINGTON — The Senate’s stimulus bill includes a $75-million provision to support public broadcasting, amounting to a tiny fraction of the overall bill.

The Senate reportedly provided next to no funding to help make broadband services more affordable and available to those in need.

Some experts — and lawmakers — want the agency to do more.