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WASHINGTON – On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission released its long-awaited report on the future of media, now re-titled “The Technology and Information Needs of Communities.” The report is the result of more than a year of research, and was presented as a rare opportunity to respond to a crisis facing journalism and its negative effect on the public, and inform a proactive publi

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee held a markup of S.911, the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act, which later passed by a vote of 21-4. A key objective of the bill is to create a long-overdue, interoperable public safety broadband network.

WASHINGTON — Free Press will file a complaint today with the Federal Communications Commission against Verizon for violating the rules that govern the licenses for its LTE network.

WASHINGTON — In a letter sent to the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, Free Press asked the four remaining commissioners to pledge not to seek employment with either AT&T or T-Mobile, whose multi-billion merger is now under review at the FCC.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Free Press filed with the Federal Communications Commission a petition to deny AT&T’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile. The merger would combine the second- and fourth-largest mobile providers and would create a duopoly where AT&T and Verizon control nearly 80 percent of the market, leading to a significant decline in innovation and investment.

WASHINGTON — Speaking at a press conference hosted by Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, Free Press Policy Counsel Aparna Sridhar commented on the dangerous AT&T/T-Mobile merger.

WASHINGTON — House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chair Julius Genachowski questioning the conduct of outgoing Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker, who announced last week she would be leaving the agency to become a lobbyist for Comcast-NBC.

WASHINGTON – North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue today refused to veto a bill that will hinder towns’ and municipalities’ ability to build their own broadband networks, ignoring of thousands of phone calls and emails from her constituents and others around the country concerned about communities being stranded on the wrong side of the digital divide.

WASHINGTON — On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission released the findings of its seventh Section 706 report.

WASHINGTON — On Friday, the House Energy and Commerce communications subcommittee held a hearing on “FCC Process Reform.” Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and all four commissioners were invited to testify. However, soon-to-depart Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker was a no-show.