Resource Library
A collection of research reports, white papers, FCC filings, activist tools and much more.
On Feb. 7, Free Press, the Media Access Project, Public Knowledge and the Greenlining Institute filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission requesting that Verizon and SpectrumCo make unredacted versions of its joint operating and marketing agreements in its spectrum deal available to parties in the proceeding.
On Thursday, more than 50 groups representing a wide range of women’s, media and social justice organizations, including Free Press, sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission urging the agency to make diversity issues a priority in its upcoming media ownership review. The letter comes as the FCC hosts a hearing on media ownership in Atlanta on Thursday evening.
Free Press filed a letter with the Commission requesting that the agency require MetroPCS to omit in its Form 477 submission data pertaining to its subscribers who are not allowed access to the full Internet because of its tiered, walled-garden plans.
Free Press responded to spurious copyright claims by Newport TV, and requested that YouTube restore the video. Newport subsequently dropped its claims.
Newport original letter here: http://www.freepress.net/resource/newport-tv-cease-and-desist-letter-free-pressOn July 1, Newport TV sent Free Press a Cease and Desist Letter, alleging a copyright violation, and requested YouTube take down Free Press' "Change the Channels" video.
On Thursday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued its long-awaited verdict on the Federal Communications Commission’s disputed media ownership rules. The court threw out FCC rules that would have allowed one company to own a newspaper and broadcast stations in the same market and upheld the FCC’s decision to retain its other local broadcast ownership restrictions.
Letter from Democratic members of Congress to the FCC and the Department of Justice regarding purported benefits of AT&T's takeover of T-Mobile.
Free Press sent a letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chair John Rockefeller and ranking member Kay Bailey Hutchison disputing AT&T's claims that its proposed merger with T-Mobile would bring broadband to rural Americans more quickly.
Letter to House Commerce Committee Chairman Upton and Ranking Member Waxman About AT&T Merger Claims
Free Press sent a letter to Commerce Committee Chair Fred Upton and ranking member Henry Waxman disputing AT&T's claims that its proposed merger with T-Mobile would bring broadband to rural Americans more quickly.
Merger applicants AT&T and T-Mobile (together, Applicants) make very clear at the outset of their June 10th Joint Opposition (Opposition) the ethos that guides the companies’ push for this blatantly anticompetitive and unlawful merger.




