Press Releases

WASHINGTON -- On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard arguments in Verizon v. FCC — the landmark case on the Federal Communications Commission's open-Internet rules.

WASHINGTON -- On Monday, the Public Interest Public Airwaves Coalition filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission about the agency’s rules requiring broadcasters to post their political files online.

WASHINGTON -- According to news reports, the Koch brothers are no longer pursuing a possible deal to purchase eight Tribune Company newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.

WASHINGTON -- On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission voted to reduce calling rates for prisoners and their families.

WASHINGTON — Sinclair Broadcast Group has announced a $985-million deal to purchase nine local TV stations from Allbritton Communications, including both the ABC affiliate and a 24-hour cable news channel in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday evening, Free Press and other groups filed a petition at the Federal Communications Commission to deny Gannett’s acquisition of TV station owner Belo.

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced that he would join Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) as a co-sponsor of the Television Consumer Freedom Act. McCain introduced the bill in May to bring consumers an "a la carte" option when purchasing cable packages.

WASHINGTON -- On Monday, Free Press filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission about a flawed Minority Media Telecommunications Council study purporting to examine the impact of cross-ownership on women- and minority-owned broadcast stations.

WASHINGTON — On Friday, AT&T announced its intention to acquire Leap Wireless — the nation's sixth-largest wireless provider, with 5 million subscribers.

WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, Free Press joined a lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation against the U.S. government over its controversial domestic spying program that collects, stores, searches and analyzes in bulk the telephone records of millions of Americans. The suit alleges that the government is violating the First Amendment right of association by gaining access to the phone records of political and activist organizations and their members.