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WASHINGTON — Responding to today’s interim decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on the Federal Communications Commission’s media ownership rules, Free Press Executive Director Josh Silver said:

WASHINGTON — In response to the release of the executive summary of the Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Plan, Free Press Executive Director Josh Silver made the following statement:

WASHINGTON — A federal court has upheld regulations that prevent cable TV companies from withholding channels from competing TV providers, including satellite, telecom and smaller cable companies.

WASHINGTON — Today, members of the Senate Commerce Committee will examine the pending Comcast-NBC merger.

WASHINGTON — Today, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn issued a statement urging the Federal Communications Commission to examine competition in the broadband market.

WASHINGTON — A coalition of media justice and public interest organizations sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski yesterday, calling on the agency to make increased diversity in the media and broadband communications landscape a top priority.

WASHINGTON — Today, just as the Federal Communications Commission is rolling out parts of the National Broadband Plan to bring broadband to more low-income Americans, cable giant Comcast is reportedly raising its rates for Internet service — including its most basic, lowest priced service.

WASHINGTON — Cablevision and ABC/Disney are locked in a dispute over the rights of the cable company to carry local programming.

WASHINGTON — Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski revealed select portions of the National Broadband Plan designed to spur small-business adoption of and access to high-speed Internet services.

WASHINGTON — With top Comcast and NBC executives headed before Congress on Thursday, Free Press urged members of the House Judiciary Committee to challenge the CEOs about how a merger of their companies would affect consumers.