Press Releases

NASHVILLE -- On Dec. 11 in Nashville, all five Federal Communications Commissioners will meet face-to-face with the public to discuss sweeping changes to the nation's media ownership rules. WHAT: Official FCC Hearing on Media Ownership WHEN: Monday, Dec. 11, 2006, 1 p.m. WHERE: Massey Performing Arts Center, Belmont University, 1900 Belmont Blvd, Nashville

LANSING -- At a press conference today inside the State Capitol, members of a broad array of Michigan groups and local members of the SavetheInternet.com Coalition spoke out against a "lame duck" vote on the "Michigan Video Franchising Bill" (HB 6456) and demanded that state senators protect the future of the Internet for Michigan residents and businesses.

WASHINGTON - On January 12-14, 2007, several thousand activists, media makers, educators, journalists, policymakers and concerned citizens from across the country will gather in Memphis for the 2007 National Conference for Media Reform.

WASHINGTON -- The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) and Free Press today unveiled evidence that television stations continue to insert corporate-funded PR videos into their newscasts without proper disclosure.

OAKLAND — Federal Communications Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps will visit Oakland tomorrow, Oct. 27, to listen to local concerns about media consolidation. This is the only forum on media ownership in Northern California. WHAT: Public Hearing on the Future of Media WHEN: Friday, Oct. 27, 2006, 5:00 p.m. WHERE: Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway at 10th St.

WASHINGTON -- Consumer groups today warned the Federal Communications Commission not to be fooled by the proposed "concessions" offered by AT&T and BellSouth for approval of their merger. In comments filed with the FCC, Consumers Union, Consumer Federation of America, Free Press and U.S.

WASHINGTON -- Consumer groups emphasized the critical link between democracy and an open and independent media in detailed comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission today on a proposed loosening of media ownership rules.

PORTLAND -- Sen. Ron Wyden today joined large and small business owners, labor leaders and consumer advocates in calling on Congress to protect Network Neutrality -- the endangered principle that ensures all Web sites and services are treated equally.

WASHINGTON -- Local communities across the nation will be harmed, and have fewer choices for news and views, if the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) loosens key limits on media ownership, according to new research conducted by the Media and Democracy Coalition (MDC), an alliance of national and local groups representing millions of Americans.

WASHINGTON - In a letter yesterday to the Federal Communications Commission, Free Press and the Center for Media and Democracy refuted spurious claims made by the Radio Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) and the National Association of Broadcast Communicators (NABC), a new consortium of broadcast PR firms, about the FCC's ongoing investigation into corporate-funded "fake news" on local