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WASHINGTON — The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) and Free Press today unveiled evidence that television stations continue to insert corporate-funded PR videos into their newscasts without proper disclosure.

OAKLAND — Federal Communications Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps will visit Oakland tomorrow, Oct. 27, to listen to local concerns about media consolidation. This is the only forum on media ownership in Northern California.

WHAT: Public Hearing on the Future of Media
WHEN: Friday, Oct. 27, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
WHERE: Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway at 10th St.

WASHINGTON — Consumer groups today warned the Federal Communications Commission not to be fooled by the proposed “concessions” offered by AT&T and BellSouth for approval of their merger. In comments filed with the FCC, Consumers Union, Consumer Federation of America, Free Press and U.S.

WASHINGTON — Consumer groups emphasized the critical link between democracy and an open and independent media in detailed comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission today on a proposed loosening of media ownership rules.

PORTLAND — Sen. Ron Wyden today joined large and small business owners, labor leaders and consumer advocates in calling on Congress to protect Network Neutrality — the endangered principle that ensures all Web sites and services are treated equally.

WASHINGTON — Local communities across the nation will be harmed, and have fewer choices for news and views, if the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) loosens key limits on media ownership, according to new research conducted by the Media and Democracy Coalition (MDC), an alliance of national and local groups representing millions of Americans.

WASHINGTON - In a letter yesterday to the Federal Communications Commission, Free Press and the Center for Media and Democracy refuted spurious claims made by the Radio Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) and the National Association of Broadcast Communicators (NABC), a new consortium of broadcast PR firms, about the FCC’s ongoing investigation into corporate-funded “fake news” on local

Federal Communications Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps will attend a town hall meeting in New York City on Thursday, Oct. 19, to discuss diversity in the broadcast industry.

WASHINGTON — In response to the FCC’s decision to reschedule its vote on the merger of AT&T and Bell South, Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott made the following statement:

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division today signed off on the $78 billion union of AT&T and BellSouth, placing no conditions on one of the largest mergers in U.S. history. The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on the deal at a meeting on Thursday.