Derek oversees Free Press’ research and policy analysis. He has written extensively on a wide range of media and technology issues, and regularly testifies before Congress and the FCC. His reports have examined consolidation in the broadcast television industry, the economics of the pay-TV market, the state of domestic broadband competition, the role of the Universal Service Fund and the lack of female and minority media ownership. Derek holds a master's degree in public policy from the Goldman School at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received the 2006 Smolensky Prize for Outstanding Advanced Policy Analysis. He is the lead author of the book Changing Media: Public Interest Policies for the Digital Age.
Expert Analysis
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A rural ISP’s CEO told Congress that Title II and Net Neutrality stopped his network investments. That’s not true. Here we break it down.
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This deal would harm people of color and all communities and constituencies that rely on having more affordable and open wireless options.
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AT&T is trying to sucker Congress into giving it a mammoth tax break that would cost the rest of us.
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In the wake of the court ruling killing Net Neutrality, it's time we got serious about protecting the open internet for good. And that means reclassification.
News
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WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Free Press filed the latest document in its ongoing opposition to the proposed $26.5-billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint.
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Free Press filed a petition to deny the proposed $26.5 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint.
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Cable giant Comcast has launched a hostile bid for 21st Century Fox, the media empire controlled by Rupert Murdoch.
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Comcast has offered $65 billion in cash to acquire 21st Century Fox, the television, film and entertainment colossus that Walt Disney Co is also seeking to acquire.
From the Policy Library
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Free Press' report debunks FCC Chairman Pai's claims that the FCC's 2015 Open Internet Order has harmed investment.
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This Free Press report finds that communities of color are on the wrong side of the digital divide in ways that income differences alone do not explain.
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Here are the key takeaways of Free Press' groundbreaking report.
