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WASHINGTON — On a call today with reporters, Josh Silver, Free Press President and CEO, issued the following statement:

“We at Free Press were stunned to hear that the Federal Communications Commission might abandon authority over the communications platform of the 21st century. It is a testament to the overwhelming influence of the phone and cable lobbying juggernaut that this is even an issue.”

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski urging the agency to consider “all viable options,” including reclassifying broadband services as a “telecommunications service” in order to protect broadban

WASHINGTON – According to an article in the Washington Post, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is “leaning toward” a decision not to “reclassify” broadband to re-establish FCC authority over the nation’s Internet service providers.

WASHINGTON – Free Press Managing Director Craig Aaron will testify today before the Federal Communications Commission about new strategies for supporting public media in the digital era.

WASHINGTON – Free Press today congratulated Comcast for the dubious distinction of being dubbed the “Worst Company in America” by the readers of Consumerist.com.

WASHINGTON – Three weeks after a federal appeals court put the Federal Communications Commission’s ability to safeguard Internet users in jeopardy, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski continues to dodge questions about what course his agency will take to ensure Network Neutrality and to achieve the critical goals of the National Broadband Plan.

WASHINGTON — Members of the SavetheInternet.com coalition collected nearly 250,000 signatures on petitions asking the Federal Communications Commission to take swift action to protect the open Internet.

WASHINGTON — Today marks the closing of the official public comment cycle in the Federal Communications Commission’s open Internet proceeding. Free Press will file reply comments today with the FCC, urging the agency to move forward with its plans to promote innovation and investment online by preserving the free and open Internet.

WASHINGTON — Free Press responded to the findings of an industry-funded “study” conducted by Coleman Bazelon and paid for by the Mobile Future, a coalition which includes AT&T, various chambers of commerce, and other opponents of de facto Network Neutrality rules.

S. Derek Turner, Free Press research director, issued the following statement:

WASHINGTON – This week, on Verizon’s quarterly earnings conference call, Chief Financial Officer John F. Killian announced plans to cut tens of thousands more jobs at the company: “I mentioned on previous calls the last couple of years we’ve reduced our wireline work force by about 13,000 per year, and I said we would do the same this year.