Senate http://www.freepress.net/taxonomy/term/710 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en Media Minutes Podcast Much Is at Stake in Journalist Shield Bill http://www.freepress.net/node/43578 Free Flow of Information Act journalists Senate shield law whistleblowers Quality Journalism Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:07:56 -0700 Stevie Converse 43578 at http://www.freepress.net Tate and Adelstein Could Be Out in the Cold http://www.freepress.net/node/43467 congress Deborah Taylor Tate fcc Jonathan Adelstein Senate Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:27:14 -0700 Stevie Converse 43467 at http://www.freepress.net Our Senators Should Support Shield Law http://www.freepress.net/node/43443 congress journalists Roger Wicker Senate shield law Thad Cochran Quality Journalism Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:17:55 -0700 Stevie Converse 43443 at http://www.freepress.net Senate Should Pass Crucial Shield Legislation http://www.freepress.net/node/43438 congress Free Flow of Information Act journalists Senate shield law Quality Journalism Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:10:40 -0700 Stevie Converse 43438 at http://www.freepress.net Senators Want Information on Breached Phone Records http://www.freepress.net/node/43265 Arlen Specter congress FBI journalists Patrick Leahy reporters Senate shield law Quality Journalism Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:39:27 -0700 Stevie Converse 43265 at http://www.freepress.net Tide Is Turning on Big Media http://www.freepress.net/node/43086 Stop Big Media Media Consolidation corporate media ownership Free Press resolution of disapproval Senate Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:30:51 -0700 Stevie Converse 43086 at http://www.freepress.net Media Shield Measure Stalls in Senate http://www.freepress.net/node/42886 congress journalists Senate shield law Quality Journalism Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:47:51 -0700 Stevie Converse 42886 at http://www.freepress.net Vote on Journalist Shield Stalled http://www.freepress.net/node/42872 congress journalists Senate shield law Quality Journalism Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:28:57 -0700 Stevie Converse 42872 at http://www.freepress.net Public Knowledge Says Digital Music Legislation Would Take Away Consumer Rights http://www.freepress.net/node/42842 <p><!--</p> <p>Legislation considered today by the Senate Judiciary Committee would nullify rights consumers already have to record digital music, Public Knowledge said in written testimony submitted to the Committee.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/42842">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet digital rights management DRM PERFORM Act S.256 Senate Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:58:39 -0700 Stevie Converse 42842 at http://www.freepress.net Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) Charged in Scheme to Hide Oil Firm Gifts http://www.freepress.net/node/42826 Future of the Internet Save The Internet Senate Senate Commerce Committee Ted Stevens Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:29:07 -0700 Stevie Converse 42826 at http://www.freepress.net Public Knowledge Statement on Leahy Intellectual Property Enforcement Bill http://www.freepress.net/node/42705 Future of the Internet Copyright Senate The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:01:13 -0700 Stevie Converse 42705 at http://www.freepress.net Time for the Shield http://www.freepress.net/node/42679 congress Senate shield law Quality Journalism Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:57:29 -0700 Stevie Converse 42679 at http://www.freepress.net Yahoo CEO Allegedly Admitted Deal with Google Would Reduce Competition http://www.freepress.net/node/42405 Future of the Internet antitrust corporate media Google Microsoft online advertising Senate Yahoo Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:36:29 -0700 Holiday Shapiro 42405 at http://www.freepress.net Senate Wary of Regulating Personal Data http://www.freepress.net/node/42271 Future of the Internet data online advertising Privacy Senate Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:16:14 -0700 Holiday Shapiro 42271 at http://www.freepress.net Senate Democrats Weigh In on XM-Srius http://www.freepress.net/node/42078 <p>With the Federal Communications Commission members kicking around the compromise proposal for an XM Satellite Radio-Sirius Satellite Radio merger and both Democrats and Republicans still talking of wanting to get a decision out the door "soon," several high-profile Democrats weighed in saying that the proposal does not go far enough for their liking.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/42078">read more</a></p> Media Consolidation Ben Cardin Claire McCaskill fcc John Kerry Radio satellite radio Senate XM-Sirius merger Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:32:41 -0700 Stevie Converse 42078 at http://www.freepress.net Low Power to the People http://www.freepress.net/node/41843 <p>Money talks on the radio. The airwaves are full of voices backed by the millions of dollars it takes to buy a commercial radio station. Clear Channel Communications, for example, owns more than 1,200 of them. But how do America's smaller, average-income voices get heard?</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/41843">read more</a></p> Public Media congress Edward Markey House John McCain Local Radio Now Low-power FM LPFM Radio Senate TOUCH-FM Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:54:57 -0700 Stevie Converse 41843 at http://www.freepress.net CPB Statement on the House Appropriations Subcommittee's Proposed Funding Levels for 2009 and 2011 http://www.freepress.net/node/41811 <p>Today, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education ("Labor-HHS") approved the Fiscal Year 2009 appropriations bill that provides funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/41811">read more</a></p> Public Media congress Corporation for Public Broadcasting CPB House legislation NRP Public Television Put the Public Back in Public Broadcasting Senate Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:48:18 -0700 Stevie Converse 41811 at http://www.freepress.net House Committee OKs Advance Funds for Public Broadcasting http://www.freepress.net/node/41810 <p>What a difference a new Congress makes.</p> <p>A House Appropriations Subcommittee has not only continued to grant the Corporation for Public Broadcasting advance funding, it has agreed to a $430 million appropriation for FY 2011 that is $10 million more than 2010.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/41810">read more</a></p> Public Media congress Corporation for Public Broadcasting CPB House NPR Public Television Put the Public Back in Public Broadcasting Senate Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:45:24 -0700 Stevie Converse 41810 at http://www.freepress.net Senate Bill Would Block Pentagon Propaganda http://www.freepress.net/node/41453 <p>On Monday, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) introduced S. 3099, a bill that prohibits the Defense Department from using government funds to spread propaganda.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/41453">read more</a></p> Byron Dorgan DC Frank Lautenberg John Kerry Josh Silver No Fake News Pentagon Propaganda propaganda Robert Menedez S. 3099 Senate Quality Journalism Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:07:48 -0700 Stevie Converse 41453 at http://www.freepress.net Servers That Snitch http://www.freepress.net/node/41424 <p>Everyone wants to boost American exports. But the last thing any U.S. company should do is sell tools of repression to authoritarian regimes abroad. It would be especially troubling if businesses were to help dictators muzzle the Internet, the most powerful facilitator of free expression and communication ever invented.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/41424">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Save The Internet censorship Cicso global Global Online Freedom Act international Internet open access Open Internet Privacy Senate Senate Judiciary Committee spying Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:28:30 -0700 Stevie Converse 41424 at http://www.freepress.net