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  • Stop the Super PACs

    It’s time for the FCC to enforce its rules requiring real disclosure in political advertising.

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  • Stop AT&T's Attack on Net Neutrality

    AT&T has announced that it’s crippling the FaceTime video calling app on its customers’ iPhones unless they subscribe to a more expensive text-and-voice plan.

    Click to learn more about AT&T's latest attack on Net Neutrality and tell the FCC to put a stop to AT&T's blocking.

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  • Help Us Defeat the NAB in Court

    The National Association of Broadcasters is challenging April's landmark FCC decision to post TV stations' political files online.

    We need to raise $25,000 right away to defeat the NAB in court.

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Press Releases

  • Free Press Congratulates Mignon Clyburn on Becoming the First Woman to Lead the FCC

    May 20, 2013
    WASHINGTON -- On Monday, Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn takes over as acting chairwoman of the agency. She's the first woman to lead the FCC, and she will remain chairwoman until the Senate confirms her successor. President Obama has nominated Tom Wheeler, a former industry lobbyist and a major donor to the Obama campaign, for the position.

  • New Free Press Report Shows How to Fix America’s Broken Video Market

    May 13, 2013

    WASHINGTON -- On Monday, Free Press released Combating the Cable Cabal: How to Fix America’s Broken Video Market, a comprehensive analysis of the economics of the cable industry. The new report investigates why cable bills continue to increase annually at three times the rate of inflation and examines policies that could bring consumers more choice and lower prices.

    The report comes in advance of a hearing on video competition scheduled for Tuesday in the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet.

  • Obama to Name Tom Wheeler as New FCC Chairman

    April 30, 2013
    President Obama is expected to nominate Tom Wheeler, a technology investor and former head of two major trade associations, as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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News from Around the Web

  • At FCC, Mignon Clyburn Cracks the Glass Ceiling

    Politico
    May 22, 2013

    The hallway in front of the FCC’s meeting room is lined with pictures of the agency’s past leaders, from Rear Adm. W.H.G. Ballard to just-departed Julius Genachowski. They’re all men -- until now. Mignon Clyburn, the first woman to chair the FCC, is about to get her spot on the wall.

  • New FCC Boss Dumps AT&T, Verizon Stock Ahead of Appointment

    Broadband Reports
    May 21, 2013

    Freshly-nominated FCC boss Tom Wheeler has dumped around $500,000 to $1 million in AT&T and Verizon stock ahead of his assignment at the FCC. The stock was dumped, according to the report, "to resolve possible conflicts of interest before taking office."

  • Telecom’s Big Players Hold Back the Future

    New York Times
    May 21, 2013

    If you were going to look for ground zero in the fight against a rapidly consolidating telecom and cable industry, you might end up on the fifth floor of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York.

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