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WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, more than 50 civil rights, public interest and grassroots organizations sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission and congressional leaders supporting Mark Lloyd, the associate general counsel and chief diversity officer of the FCC, and the agency’s longstanding mission to promote localism, diversity and competition in the media.

DENVER — On Wednesday night, Free Press, SaveTheNews.org and IWantMyRocky.com will bring together concerned citizens, journalists, lawmakers and community leaders to discuss the future of news in Denver and beyond.

DENVER — Six months have passed since the 150-year-old Rocky Mountain News published its final edition. Since then, Denver has become a testing ground for rethinking how journalism is done.

WASHINGTON — Van Jones, an adviser to the Obama administration and a former Free Press board member, resigned from his White House post after being ruthlessly attacked for weeks in a smear campaign started by Fox News pundit Glenn Beck. Beck, who has also called President Obama a “racist,” targeted Jones for his background in environmental and civil rights activism.

WASHINGTON — Free Press filed comments Monday with the Federal Communications Commission about how the term “broadband” should be defined in future policymaking at the agency.

WASHINGTON — Today, a federal court threw out the Federal Communications Commission’s rule to cap cable ownership at 30%. The rule served as an important consumers protection from media consolidation and growing cable cartels, and encouraged diversity in ownership in the cable industry.

WASHINGTON — Today, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announced that they received almost 2,200 applications requesting nearly $28 billion in funding for proposed broadband projects. This is the first of three bidding rounds for the $7.2 billion in funds the NTIA will distribute.

DENVER—Thursday marks six months since the 150-year-old Rocky Mountain News published its final edition. Since then, Denver has become a testing ground for rethinking how journalism is done.

WASHINGTON — Today, Google, Apple and AT&T responded to the Federal Communications Commission’s inquiries into iPhone users on AT&T’s network being denied access to the Google Voice application.

WASHINGTON — According to a new study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, rural counties on the wrong side of the digital divide are at a major economic disadvantage compared to rural counties with high-speed Internet. The study shows that counties with broadband have stronger economic and employment growth than unserved rural areas do.