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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 Action Fund Praises House Members for Choosing Transparency in Political Ads

    June 20, 2012

    WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee withdrew a measure that would have prevented the Federal Communications Commission from carrying out its new rule requiring broadcasters to put political ad spending records online. Instead, the House adopted a new measure requiring the Government Accountability Office to study the issue.

  • Free Press Welcomes DoJ Investigation of Cable and Online Video Market

    June 13, 2012

    WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, news broke of a Justice Department investigation into anti-competitive conduct by cable operators. Press reports indicate that the DoJ is examining tactics cable operators deploy to discourage use of online video services like Netflix or YouTube that may compete with cable's traditional video business.

  • Verizon Wireless' New "Share Everything" Plans Raise Consumer Costs and Limit Choices

    June 12, 2012

    WASHINGTON -- On Monday, Verizon Wireless introduced data-sharing plans that will give users a monthly allotment of data to be used across all devices. According to press reports, the carrier will require all new and upgrading customers to choose one of these new plans as of June 28th.

  • House Committee Siding with Powerful Broadcasters to Keep Americans in the Dark

    June 6, 2012

    WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, a House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee will vote on a misguided measure that would decrease transparency for political ads aired on local television stations.

  • Free Press Commends Sen. Kohl for Urging Careful Review of Verizon-SpectrumCo Deal

    May 24, 2012

    WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, Sen. Herb Kohl sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and Attorney General Eric Holder urging them to carefully consider the competitive harms of Verizon's proposed deal to buy spectrum from SpectrumCo, a group of the nation's largest cable companies.

  • Free Press Criticizes NAB Decision to Challenge Political File Order

    May 22, 2012

    WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, the National Association of Broadcasters filed a petition with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Federal Communications Commission's April order requiring broadcasters to put their political file information online.

  • Free Press Questions FCC Stance on Data Caps

    May 22, 2012

    WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said that he generally supports data caps and tiered broadband pricing plans. The chairman’s comments came during an interview at the Cable Show with former FCC Chairman Michael Powell, now the top lobbyist with the National Cable and Telecommunications Association.

  • Free Press: Comcast Should Eliminate Punitive Data Caps Altogether

    May 17, 2012

    WASHINGTON – On Thursday, Comcast announced plans to raise its data caps from 250 GB per month to 300 GB in some areas. The company said it would also impose new overage charges on customers who exceed those caps.

  • Free Press: Media General Station Sale Shows Failure of Runaway Media Consolidation

    May 17, 2012

    WASHINGTON – On Thursday, media giant Media General announced that it would sell its 63 newspapers to Berkshire Hathaway for $142 million.

  • Free Press to Sen. DeMint, Rep. Lamborn: Check Your Math

    May 10, 2012

    WASHINGTON -- According to press reports, Sen. Jim DeMint and Rep. Doug Lamborn are circulating letters in the Senate and House to drum up a new round of opposition to public media. The letters propose cutting all federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and its nearly 1,300 local stations, arguing that the $445 million CPB budget is an “enormous” cost to taxpayers.

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