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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.

WASHINGTON — Today, Free Press launched an online interactive tool to expose phony grassroots groups hired by big phone and cable companies to advance their political agenda.