Press Releases

WASHINGTON — Charter Communications on Tuesday announced plans to acquire Time Warner Cable in a deal valued at $56.7 billion. Charter also confirmed that it would acquire Bright House Networks, a smaller cable company, for $10.4 billion.

WASHINGTON — Free Press on Friday joined nearly two-dozen advocacy groups and tech-industry leaders to intervene in defense of the Federal Communications Commission's Net Neutrality order.

WASHINGTON — As the sun set on Thursday, activists and Internet users of varying political stripes gathered outside Senate offices across the country and in Washington, D.C., to urge Congress to oppose any reauthorization of the Patriot Act and instead let key provisions that enable NSA spying to sunset on June 1st.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, BattlefortheNet.com launched the "Internet Health Test" to collect data on Internet speeds across the Web. The test is an interactive tool that lets users collect data on whether and where Internet service providers are degrading online speeds and violating Net Neutrality.

WASHINGTON -- Free Press on Wednesday filed to intervene in the industry-backed court case challenging the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules. The motion to intervene filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit states Free Press' intention to defend the FCC’s landmark Feb. 26 vote to reclassify broadband as a Title II service under the Communications Act.

WASHINGTON — Verizon Communications plans to buy AOL for $4.4 billion, according to a report in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal. The deal is the telecom giant's latest bid to expand its business to include mobile video and advertising services. If finalized, Verizon would also take control of AOL's online news sites, including Engadget, The Huffington Post and TechCrunch.

WASHINGTON -- On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission summarily denied a series of frivolous requests from the cable, telephone and wireless lobbies to delay the implementation of the agency’s Open Internet Order.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that Section 215 of the Patriot Act does not authorize some of the sweeping surveillance programs the NSA and other intelligence agencies use.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the House Subcommittee on Communications & Technology will convene a hearing to consider three draft bills on transparency at the Federal Communications Commission. Rep. Anna Eshoo describes the bills as "political retribution for the FCC's Net Neutrality rules."

Charles Benton, the chairman of the Benton Foundation and a longtime champion of community media, public broadcasting and universal broadband access, died Wednesday.