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If you are a member of the media and have inquiries, interview requests, or would like to join our press list, please contact Jenn Ettinger at 202-265-1490, ext. 35, or email her at jettinger@freepress.net.

Recent press releases are below. Learn more about our spokespeople here, and download our media kit here.

  • Free Press Congratulates Mignon Clyburn on Becoming the First Woman to Lead the FCC

    May 20, 2013
    WASHINGTON -- On Monday, Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn takes over as acting chairwoman of the agency. She's the first woman to lead the FCC, and she will remain chairwoman until the Senate confirms her successor. President Obama has nominated Tom Wheeler, a former industry lobbyist and a major donor to the Obama campaign, for the position.

  • Free Press Blasts Wireless Companies' Plan to Favor Some Traffic

    May 15, 2013
    WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson told a group of investors that he expects content providers and app developers to pay him to keep their traffic from counting against mobile data caps. This follows earlier news that Verizon Wireless was in talks with ESPN to get the sports network paying the carrier so that ESPN content would not count against monthly limits.

  • New Free Press Report Shows How to Fix America’s Broken Video Market

    May 13, 2013

    WASHINGTON -- On Monday, Free Press released Combating the Cable Cabal: How to Fix America’s Broken Video Market, a comprehensive analysis of the economics of the cable industry. The new report investigates why cable bills continue to increase annually at three times the rate of inflation and examines policies that could bring consumers more choice and lower prices.

    The report comes in advance of a hearing on video competition scheduled for Tuesday in the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet.

  • Free Press Action Fund Praises 'Unlocking Technology Act'

    May 9, 2013

    WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, California Rep. Zoe Lofgren introduced a bill to restore wireless users' ability to “unlock” their phones, tablets or other mobile devices. The "Unlocking Technology Act" is co-sponsored by Reps. Thomas Massie, Anna Eshoo and Jared Polis. In March, Sens. Amy Klobuchar, Mike Lee and Richard Blumenthal introduced a bill to allow users to unlock their phones. Sen. Ron Wyden also introduced his own bill, as did the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.

  • Obama to Name Tom Wheeler as New FCC Chairman

    April 30, 2013
    President Obama is expected to nominate Tom Wheeler, a technology investor and former head of two major trade associations, as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, according to the Wall Street Journal.

  • Free Press Mourns the Passing of Common Cause President Bob Edgar

    April 23, 2013
    WASHINGTON -- Bob Edgar, the president of Common Cause, former Pennsylvania congressman and church leader, passed away today at his home in Northern Virginia.

  • Dangerous Cybersecurity Bill Passes House, Despite Opposition from White House and Civil Liberties Groups

    April 18, 2013
    WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, the House of Representatives voted to pass its privacy-threatening cybersecurity bill, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). The White House indicated on Tuesday that it would veto the bill in its current form given CISPA's failure to safeguard privacy and civil liberties.

  • Free Press: DISH-Sprint Merger Wouldn't Counter Market Power of Largest Providers

    April 15, 2013
    WASHINGTON – On Monday, DISH Network announced a $25.5 billion proposed merger with Sprint Nextel. The offer competes with a move by Japan's SoftBank to acquire Sprint.

  • Free Press Applauds Department of Justice Letter on Wireless Competition

    April 12, 2013

    WASHINGTON - On Thursday the Department of Justice Antitrust Division sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) calling on the agency to adopt "rules that ensure the smaller nationwide networks, which currently lack substantial low-frequency spectrum, have an opportunity to acquire such spectrum." The letter’s authors wrote, these rules "could improve the competitive dynamic among nationwide carriers and benefit consumers."
     

  • The National Conference for Media Reform Wraps in Denver

    April 10, 2013

    DENVER -- The 2013 National Conference for Media Reform wrapped up Sunday after three days of inspiring speeches, in-depth discussions and hands on workshops. Thousands are heading back to their communities across the country and around the globe reinvigorated and inspired to create better media.

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