Press Releases

WASHINGTON -- <i>A coalition of media reform, consumer and public interest groups —representing millions of Americans across the country — issued the following statement in response to a draft telecommunications bill circulated by the House on Thursday:</i>

WASHINGTON -- Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell buried a federal study that showed media consolidation is harmful to local news reporting. The 2004 report found that locally owned stations produced five minutes more local news coverage in a half-hour newscast than their consolidated competitors.

WASHINGTON -- The United States continues to lag behind the rest of the world in accessible and affordable broadband service, with no signs of closing the digital divide at home, according to a new report released today by Free Press, the Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union.

Sept. 8, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amanda Ballantyne, (612) 849-0195 Craig Aaron, (202) 441-9983 Wisconsin Speaks Out on Media Consolidation Hundreds join FCC Commissioners at a Town Meeting on the Future of Media in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE – Three hundred people turned out for a "Town Meeting on the Future of the Media" on Thursday night, voicing concerns about greater media consolidation to Federal Communications Commissioners Michael J. Copps and Jonathan Adelstein.

WASHINGTON -- Federal Communications Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps will visit Milwaukee this Thursday night, Sept. 7, to listen to local concerns about media consolidation. WHAT: Town Meeting on the Future of Media WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006, 6:30 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Supporters of Internet freedom took to the pavement in 25 cities nationwide on Wednesday and Thursday, delivering thousands of SavetheInternet.com petitions to their senators and urging them to oppose attempts by big phone and cable companies to eliminate Net Neutrality.

WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission today approved the takeover of Adelphia by the nation's two largest cable companies, Comcast and Time Warner. Conditions placed on the merger would contend with problems related to regional sports networks and leased access for local programming -- but they do not include any measures to protect Network Neutrality.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A standing-room only crowd of more than 400 people packed a "Town Meeting on the Future of the Media" on Thursday night, voicing concerns about greater media consolidation to Federal Communications Commissioners Michael J. Copps and Jonathan Adelstein.

WASHINGTON - The Senate Commerce Committee fell a single vote short of passing an amendment to safeguard the free and open Internet as momentum builds toward a full Senate vote on Net Neutrality.