WASHINGTON—Today at the Federal Communications Commission, Free Press, along with Public Knowledge, Consumers Union, Media Access Project and the Open Technology Initiative of the New America Foundation, filed a petition to deny the proposed sale of spectrum licenses from Qualcomm to AT&T.
WASHINGTON -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet voted Wednesday to move forward with a congressional “resolution of disapproval” of the Federal Communications Commission’s Net Neutrality rules adopted in December.
WASHINGTON -- Free Press Research Director <strong>S. Derek Turner</strong> will testify on Thursday on behalf of the Free Press Action Fund and the SavetheInternet.com coalition before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, Free Press announced that President and CEO <strong>Josh Silver</strong> will be stepping down from his role leading the national, nonpartisan, nonprofit media reform group. <strong>Craig Aaron</strong>, currently the managing director, will become the new president and CEO in mid-April.
WASHINGTON – Senators Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) introduced a bill Friday that would eliminate federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. DeMint also attacked public broadcasting in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published the same day.
WASHINGTON -- In its March open meeting Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on reforms to the Universal Service Fund's Lifeline and Link-Up programs. Lifeline and Link-Up provide discounts on monthly service and initial installation or activation fees for telephone service to income-eligible consumers.
In response to the announcement of the The Reforming Airwaves by Developing Incentives and Opportunistic Sharing (RADIOS) Act, Free Press Policy Counsel <strong>M. Chris Riley</strong> made the following statement:
WASHINGTON -- In its March open meeting on Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the issue of retransmission consent.
WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court <A HREF="http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/09-1279.pdf">ruled</a> unanimously against AT&T’s claim that personal privacy rights prevent the federal government from disclosing agency records that might reveal corporate wrongdoing to the public. The case, Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T, No.
