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Madeleine Bair's project El Tímpano (“the eardrum” in Spanish) began with a question: How are Spanish-only speakers in Oakland served by local media?

A National Association of Broadcasters-written proposal could make the concept of "local radio" nearly extinct.

Free Press Action President and CEO Craig Aaron cautioned lawmakers against throwing out the whole 1992 Cable Act when crafting new rules.

The project , organized by Free Press and the Center for Cooperative Media, brought together local news outlets and community groups to report on Atlantic City.

As FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks points out, one error in particular threw off the results in the report by millions.

Advocacy group Free Press flagged a critical mistake in an earlier draft of the report.

In March, the advocacy group Free Press had crunched the numbers and exposed a huge problem.

Even as the FCC moves forward with a fresh quadrennial review, the court battle over earlier media-ownership decisions is advancing.

“Regardless of your opinions about Assange, these charges are an assault on press freedom,” said Timothy Karr of Free Press.

Forty-seven House Democrats are calling for a Net Neutrality compromise with Republicans, who have refused to support a full restoration of the Net Neutrality rules.