about news events press store donate
This Web site is no longer active. Please use www.freepress.net instead of www2.freepress.net to access the current version of Free Press' Web site.
Free Press is a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media. Through education, organizing and advocacy, we promote diverse and independent media ownership, strong public media, and universal access to communications. Learn more» Reform media. Transform democracy.
<<
||
>>
current feature
A new Senate bill that would veto the FCC's vote to let Big Media get even bigger.

Demand that Congress overturn the FCC's new rules >>

booger
The Latest
Obama: Firmly Committed to Net Neutrality President Obama has done it again – re-affirming his unyielding commitment to an open Internet. It happened this time during an announcement on Friday of a new initiative to beef up the nation's defenses against cyber-attacks. The Web-savvy...
May 29, 2009
Expanding the Internet with Community Media One of the best things about the broadband portion of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act is that it recognizes the importance of community media for expanding the Internet. The concern now is that if you focus too much on the medium itself, you...
May 27, 2009
Internet Heroes and Villains If the history of Internet policy were a movie, it would feature the public tied to the tracks before an onrushing train of corporate lobbyists. The villain, however, is not just the powerful phone and cable companies these lobbyists represent, but...
May 20, 2009
Hating the Internet for Hurting Profits A lot of big companies have gotten big headaches dealing with the implications of a wired world. Instead of embracing change and developing new business plans to win profits from online users, many see the net as the enemy or something that must be...
May 18, 2009
Michael Copps on Protecting the Media and Democracy Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps spoke this morning at Free Press' Changing Media Summit, and he delivered a rousing reminder of how central the media are to sustaining a democracy, and how hard we need to continue to work to protect it. After musing...
May 14, 2009
video
OK GO goes to Washington
The Grammy-winning band and Internet phenomenon OK GO urge Congress to protect Net Neutrality and the open Internet.
Today's News
March 17, 2008
Google Says Microsoft's Yahoo Buy Might Hurt Internet House Goes After FCC Ruling Net Neutrality, Wireless on Collision Course Internet Changing Journalism, But Not As Many Expected IFTA Blasts MPAA's Glickman Media Hold McCain, Obama to Different Standards Does Big Media's One-Two Punch Knock Out the Internet? Online Free Markets Must Be Defended Five Dollars a Month for Legal P2P Could Happen Sooner than You Think
More News
subscribe