WASHINGTON -- Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, is reportedly considering imposing a monthly cap on its customer's Internet usage.

WASHINGTON -- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) introduced the "Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2008" (H.R. 5994) -- a bill that would help protect the free and open Internet.

MINNEAPOLIS -- On June 6-8, a broad array of policymakers, scholars, media producers, grassroots activists and concerned citizens will gather in Minneapolis for the 2008 National Conference for Media Reform.

WASHINGTON -- In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott urged lawmakers to protect consumers from Internet blocking by telephone and cable companies.

WASHINGTON -- Today, the Senate Commerce Committee passed a "resolution of disapproval" that would veto the Federal Communications Commission's latest attempt to dismantle longstanding media ownership limits.

WASHINGTON -- According to numerous press reports, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. is close to completing a $580 million deal to purchase the Long Island daily Newsday from Tribune Company.

WASHINGTON -- Vuze, maker of a popular peer-to-peer video distribution application, today released a preliminary report suggesting that many major phone and cable companies across the country may be targeting and blocking legal Web traffic.

WASHINGTON -- Yesterday, the New York Times exposed a secret Pentagon effort to spread favorable views of the war by recruiting and planting military analysts in the nation's news media.

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- At a public hearing today at Stanford University, legal scholars, technology experts, entrepreneurs and industry representatives will go before the Federal Communications Commission to discuss the future of the Internet.

WASHINGTON -- Today, Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, and Pando announced plans to create a "bill of rights and responsibilities" for consumers and Internet service providers.