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WASHINGTON – On Sunday, AT&T announced it had reached an agreement to takeover T-Mobile USA for $39 billion. If approved by federal regulators at the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission, the merger would unite the second- and fourth-largest wireless carriers, representing nearly 130 million subscribers.

WASHINGTON — On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve the Qwest-CenturyLink merger.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the House voted 228 to 192 to approve a bill (H.R. 1076) that would eliminate federal funding for NPR and prohibit local stations from using federal funds to purchase NPR programming.

BOSTON – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will headline the 2011 National Conference for Media Reform in Boston on April 8-10.

WASHINGTON — March 16 marks the one-year anniversary of the National Broadband Plan, aimed at increasing access and adoption of broadband nationwide.

WASHINGTON — The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted Tuesday to approve House Joint Resolution 37, which would nullify the Federal Communications Commission’s recently approved Net Neutrality rules.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association announced that Michael Powell, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, would take over as its president following the departure of Kyle McSlarrow.

WASHINGTON — AT&T, the nation’s second largest broadband service provider, announced it will soon impose on its customers monthly usage caps and penalties for exceeding those caps.

WASHINGTON—Today at the Federal Communications Commission, Free Press, along with Public Knowledge, Consumers Union, Media Access Project and the Open Technology Initiative of the New America Foundation, filed a petition to deny the proposed sale of spectrum licenses from Qualcomm to AT&T.

WASHINGTON—On Tuesday, National Public Radio announced the resignation of President and CEO Vivian Schiller.