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WASHINGTON — On Monday, Free Press released Cease to Resist: How the FCC’s Failure to Enforce Its Policies Created a New Wave of Media Consolidation. The report investigates how companies are using shady tactics to buy up TV stations and build new national media empires.

WASHINGTON — On Friday, Free Press delivered a letter with more than 75,000 signatures to Attorney General Eric Holder, urging the Department of Justice to end the harassment and intimidation of journalists, specifically at U.S. borders.

WASHINGTON — As the Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees plan upcoming hearings on U.S. surveillance programs and data collection, the StopWatching.Us coalition today announced that it will bring thousands to the nation’s capital to rally against mass surveillance.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to eliminate the so-called UHF discount. Getting rid of this outdated loophole is a long-overdue step toward curbing harmful media concentration.

WASHINGTON — Late Friday, Free Press and Put People First! PA filed a petition to deny several broadcast license transfers that are part of Sinclair Broadcasting Group’s acquisition of Allbritton’s TV stations.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, as part of Lifeline Awareness Week, Free Press Action Fund and more than 80 groups sent a letter to members of the Senate and House Commerce Committees urging them to support and protect the Lifeline Program.

WASHINGTON — On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard arguments in Verizon v. FCC — the landmark case on the Federal Communications Commission’s open-Internet rules.

WASHINGTON — On Monday, the Public Interest Public Airwaves Coalition filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission about the agency’s rules requiring broadcasters to post their political files online.

WASHINGTON — According to news reports, the Koch brothers are no longer pursuing a possible deal to purchase eight Tribune Company newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.

WASHINGTON — On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission voted to reduce calling rates for prisoners and their families.