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NASHVILLE — More than 500 Nashville residents joined country music legends at Belmont University’s Massey Performing Arts Center today to speak out against media consolidation. The event, the second official Federal Communications Commission hearing, gave the public a chance to tell the FCC how proposed changes to media ownership limits would adversely affect their lives and work.

WASHINGTON — The SavetheInternet.com Coalition, the broad alliance of groups that mobilized millions of citizens to defend the free and open Internet, today hailed the demise of telecommunications legislation in the 109th Congress that failed to protect the fundamental principle of Network Neutrality.

WASHINGTON — Today, at the request of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin, the FCC general counsel cleared Commissioner Robert McDowell to vote on the proposed merger of AT&T and BellSouth. McDowell earlier had recused himself due to conflicts of interest with lobbying work he did before joining the FCC.

NASHVILLE — A broad-based coalition of local and national groups is urging the public to turn out for the Federal Communications Commission’s second official hearing on sweeping changes to the nation’s ownership rules.

The FCC public hearing will take place:

Monday, Dec. 11
Hearing Starts at 1 p.m. — Public Testimony until 9 p.m.
Massey Performing Arts Center
Belmont University

NASHVILLE — On Dec. 11 in Nashville, legendary country musicians George Jones, Porter Wagoner, Naomi Judd, Dobie Gray and Craig Wiseman will testify about media consolidation’s impact on musicians at an official Federal Communications Commission hearing.

NASHVILLE — On Dec. 11 in Nashville, all five Federal Communications Commissioners will meet face-to-face with the public to discuss sweeping changes to the nation’s media ownership rules.

WHAT: Official FCC Hearing on Media Ownership
WHEN: Monday, Dec. 11, 2006, 1 p.m.
WHERE: Massey Performing Arts Center, Belmont University, 1900 Belmont Blvd, Nashville

LANSING — At a press conference today inside the State Capitol, members of a broad array of Michigan groups and local members of the SavetheInternet.com Coalition spoke out against a “lame duck” vote on the “Michigan Video Franchising Bill” (HB 6456) and demanded that state senators protect the future of the Internet for Michigan residents and businesses.

WASHINGTON - On January 12-14, 2007, several thousand activists, media makers, educators, journalists, policymakers and concerned citizens from across the country will gather in Memphis for the 2007 National Conference for Media Reform.

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.