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Media Mention

When advertisers drove up to the Paramount lot in Los Angeles for an event designed to showcase CBS’ programing, they were greeted by signs of protest against the David Ellison-owned company’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. 

Who Owns the Media
Media Consolidation
Media Mention

SHS grad Eric Thurm is working at an organization that’s near and dear to our hearts. It is called Free Press – not to be confused with “The Free Press” founded by Bari Weiss.

Future of Journalism
Local News and Civic Media Policy
Media Mention

The Shoestring and allied publications visited state lawmakers to promote legislative solutions to the crisis in local news.

Local News and Civic Media Policy
Media Mention

If local journalism and civic information are truly public goods, their survival will require bold public interventions. It’s beginning to happen.

Local News and Civic Media Policy
Media Mention

It’s not exactly breaking news that President Donald Trump endlessly attacks the media, or that his administration lapdogs quickly echo his gripes. But FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has stood apart.

Media Control
Who Owns the Media
Media Consolidation
Media Mention

President Donald Trump lost a major legal battle when a federal judge agreed to permanently block his efforts to end federal funding for NPR and PBS.

Future of Journalism
Public Media
Media Mention

Jane Fonda led a powerful First Amendment rally outside the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The actress and activist gathered with Joan Baez, musicians, journalists and writers to defend free speech.

Free Speech
Censorship
Media Mention

A host of celebrities outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts kicked off a weekend of protest against President Trump’s expansion of executive power and his administration’s pressure on freedom of expression.

Free Speech
Censorship