Media Minutes for November 6, 2009
Producer: Stevie Converse and Candace Clement
Length: 5:07
A Comcast-NBC Universal mega-merger would be bad news for consumers. And the FCC has jump-started its 2010 media ownership review process with a series of workshops. Public interest groups weighed in about research methods and focus.
SaveTheNews.org, November 3, 2009
By Josh Stearns
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating the state of journalism, and they need to hear from you by Friday, Nov. 6. Don't miss this opportunity to tell the FTC what you need from the news.
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SavetheInternet.com, November 2, 2009
By Tim Karr
Buried in the fine print of the FCC's proposed Net Neutrality rules is a potential loophole that if left open would undermine the future of Internet freedom. So says a group of prominent law professors who on Monday told the FCC that its proposed rules don't sufficiently define what the agency means by its use of the terms "non-discrimination" and "reasonable network management."
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SavetheInternet.com, October 30, 2009
By Rep. Ed Markey
We must enshrine basic principles of openness and fairness into the rules governing how Internet service providers operate -- giving the FCC the authority to be the proverbial cop on the cyber beat and ensuring that these principles of freedom and competition are upheld in the marketplace.
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Washington Post, October 30, 2009
By Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols
We need to begin debating ways for enlightened public subsidies to provide a competitive and independent digital news media. Also, we should greatly expand funding for public and community media, and establish policies that help convert dying daily newspapers into post-corporate low-profit news operations. If we do so, journalism and democracy will not just survive. They will flourish.
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Media Minutes for October 30, 2009
Producer: Stevie Converse and Candace Clement
Length: 4:59
A new report proposes a set of recommendations that endorse public policy as part of the solution to securing the future of news. And the Op-Ed Project is expanding public debate by training women to contribute their ideas to the public discourse in many ways.
Commends FCC for Ignoring Industry Scare Tactics
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: October 22, 2009
Contact: Moira Vahey, Free Press, (202) 265-1490 x31
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission has approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Network Neutrality policies that would preserve the open Internet on all wired and wireless networks.
SavetheInternet.com, October 21, 2009
By Megan Tady
At first, the numbers seemed daunting -- dozens of lawmakers sold out their own constituents by urging the FCC to rethink its plans to adopt new Net Neutrality protections. But the public responded in a massive way; 25,000 people have signed a letter to the FCC in support of Net Neutrality and called out members of Congress for capitulating to phone and cable lobbyists.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: October 21, 2009
Contact: Moira Vahey, Free Press, (202) 265-1490 x31
WASHINGTON -- 28 major U.S. consumer and public interest groups, including Free Press, signed on today to a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chair Julius Genachowski in support of stronger Net Neutrality rules. The FCC is releasing proposed new rules at a meeting on Thursday.
New report shows Net Neutrality will likely increase investment and competition online
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: October 21, 2009
Contact: Moira Vahey, Free Press, (202) 265-1490 x31
WASHINGTON -- A new report by Free Press provides overwhelming evidence, despite the claims of companies like AT&T, that Network Neutrality will not harm network investment.
