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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 Pleased That Court Denied Broadcasters' Attempt to Stall Political File Rules

    July 27, 2012

    WASHINGTON – On Friday, a U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a request by the National Association of Broadcasters to stay the implementation of Federal Communications Commission rules requiring television stations to post their political files online. Free Press, an intervenor in the case along with the Benton Foundation, the Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, the New America Foundation and the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, opposed the NAB’s request for a stay.

  • The Cable Act at 20: Free Press Urges Congress to Keep the Focus on Consumers

    July 24, 2012
    On Tuesday, the Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing to consider the history and the continued importance of federal laws designed to protect people who subscribe to cable television, satellite or other such multichannel video packages.

  • Declaration of Internet Freedom Gains Momentum

    July 23, 2012

    WASHINGTON -- On Monday, Free Press announced that Oregon Senator Ron Wyden joined more than 1,500 groups and organizations and 50,000 individuals from more than 130 countries who have signed the Declaration of Internet Freedom since its launch on July 2.

    “The events of the last year, at home and abroad, made clear that access to an open Internet is vital to democracy, the advancement of human rights, individual empowerment and social progress,” Sen. Wyden said. “The Declaration of Internet Freedom lays out rights that must be defended.”

  • Free Press Action Fund Applauds Changes to Information Sharing Provisions of Senate Cybersecurity Bill

    July 20, 2012

    WASHINGTON – Late Thursday, Senators Joe Lieberman, Susan Collins, Jay Rockefeller, Dianne Feinstein, and Tom Carper introduced a new version of their cybersecurity legislation, which could come to the Senate floor as soon as next week. Free Press Action Fund joined with other prominent civil liberties organizations and digital rights groups like the American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation and others in May 2012, voicing concerns about the information sharing regime established by the previous version of the Lieberman-Collins bill.

  • AT&T's Potential Price Hikes and Extra Tolls Show Failure of Competition

    July 18, 2012

    WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, AT&T announced new data-sharing plans it will debut in August. The move follows a similar one by Verizon, which launched its own pricey shared-data plans in June.

    Free Press Policy Director Matt Wood made the following statement:

    “Unfortunately, new pricing plans like these lead to more expensive wireless bills for most consumers. These frequent price hikes, with the two largest carriers mirroring each other's every increase, underscore the need for real competition and choice in the wireless market.

  • Free Press Delivers 20,000 Petitions Against Journatic to Tribune Headquarters

    July 17, 2012

    CHICAGO – On Tuesday, Journatic whistleblower Ryan Smith and volunteers from Free Press delivered more than 20,000 petitions to Tribune Co. headquarters in Chicago, calling on the company to stop doing business with Journatic.

    In the attached image, Free Press volunteer Tanya Ruderman is pictured outside of the Tribune offices with the petition.

  • Free Press Concerned About AT&T’s Plan to Charge for FaceTime

    July 17, 2012

    WASHINGTON – According to press reports, AT&T may begin charging customers an additional fee to use the FaceTime app over the carrier's cellular network. Until now, users have been able to access the application only on Wi-Fi networks. iPhone owners reportedly will be able to use FaceTime over cellular networks in new phones running iOS6, the next generation of Apple’s mobile device operating system, which will be released to the general public in September.

  • Rep. Darrell Issa Signs Declaration of Internet Freedom

    July 9, 2012

    WASHINGTON — On Monday, Rep. Darrell Issa announced that he had signed the Declaration of Internet Freedom, a set of principles supported by hundreds of companies, entrepreneurs, scholars and organizations including Access, the ACLU, Amnesty International, Cheezburger, Inc., Credo, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Free Press and Mozilla.

  • Coalition of Internet Advocates Launches 'Declaration of Internet Freedom'

    July 2, 2012

    WASHINGTON — On Monday, Free Press joined more than 100 advocacy groups, human rights organizations, technology companies and Internet luminaries to launch the "Declaration of Internet Freedom," a set of principles providing a positive vision to preserve the Internet as a platform for speech, innovation and creativity.

  • Free Press Pleased Supreme Court Denied Broadcasters’ Hail Mary Attempt

    June 29, 2012

    WASHINGTON -- On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected requests by members of the media industry to revisit the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission's media ownership rules. In December 2011, the National Association of Broadcasters, Media General and Tribune Co. filed petitions for certiorari of the Prometheus II case, a U.S. Court of Appeals decision holding that existing FCC media ownership limits were both reasonable and constitutional.

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