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  • Comcastrophe: Comcast-NBC Merger Approval Expected Today

    Josh Silver
    January 18, 2011

    Today, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to bless the merger of Comcast, the nation's largest cable and residential Internet provider, with NBC-Universal.

  • FCC Chairman Announces Fake Net Neutrality Proposal

    Josh Silver
    December 1, 2010

    This morning, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced that he will finally seek a vote on President Obama's top tech issue, "Net Neutrality." There's just one problem: According to the New York Times, it's not even close to the real Net Neutrality that President Obama promised the

  • Google-Verizon Deal: The End of The Internet as We Know It

    Josh Silver
    August 5, 2010

    For years, Internet advocates have warned of the doomsday scenario that will play out on Monday: Google and Verizon will announce a deal that the New York Times reports "could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege."

  • FCC to Restore Authority Over Net Neutrality, Broadband Service: Netroots Backlash Cited

    Josh Silver
    May 6, 2010

    In response to widespread netroots backlash, the chairman of the FCC has decided to choose a path toward a broadband policy framework that will protect Net Neutrality and promote universal access.

  • Congress to FCC: Do Whatever It Takes to Protect the Internet

    Josh Silver
    May 5, 2010

    Today, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski received a strong message from Congress: Do whatever it takes to protect the Internet and put the FCC's authority over Internet providers like Comcast and AT&T back on firm legal ground.

  • Internet Freedom and Internet Shills

    Craig Aaron
    Josh Silver
    January 26, 2010

    On Friday, The Hill published an attack on our organization Free Press from an industry-funded hit man trying to distract policymakers with hyperbole, character assassination and fear-mongering.

  • Saving Journalism: Howard Kurtz Is Wrong, Dan Rather Is Right

    Josh Silver
    August 18, 2009

    On Monday, Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post and CNN criticized veteran newsman Dan Rather for his recent call for a White House commission on the future of journalism and public media.

    It was a misguided criticism of Mr. Rather, who has called for the commission as a way to bring attention to the crisis facing American newsrooms (20,000 newspaper jobs lost in the past 18 months alone), and to create the political will necessary to get our elected leaders to address the problem.

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