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  • Oakland to Welcome FCC Chairman Wheeler for January Town Hall

    January 2, 2014

    OAKLAND, Calif. -- On Thurs., Jan. 9, Voices for Internet Freedom, in partnership with the Center for Media Justice, Free Press, ColorOfChange and the National Hispanic Media Coalition, will host a town-hall event in Oakland featuring Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler.

    Oakland Voices: A Town Hall on Our Right Communicate will give Oakland community members an opportunity to share their stories — and to tell Chairman Wheeler about the impacts of an increasingly corporate media environment.

  • Senate Confirms New FCC Chairman

    October 29, 2013
    WASHINGTON -- Late Tuesday, the Senate unanimously confirmed Tom Wheeler as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Michael O'Rielly was also confirmed as a commissioner.

  • More Than 80 Groups Urge Congress to Support Lifeline

    September 12, 2013

    WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, as part of Lifeline Awareness Week, the Free Press Action Fund and more than 80 groups representing a diverse coalition of public interest, civil rights, religious and community-based organizations sent a letter to members of the Senate and House Commerce Committees urging them to support and protect the Lifeline Program.

  • Free Press Cheers FCC Order to Reduce Cost of Prison Phone Calls

    August 9, 2013

    WASHINGTON -- On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission voted to reduce calling rates for prisoners and their families. The vote comes more than a decade after Martha Wright, joined by inmates and their families, petitioned the FCC to regulate the price of calls that today can cost more than $15 for a 15-minute call. Wright struggled to afford the cost of calls to her grandson while he was incarcerated.

  • Free Press: Online Options Are Not Creating Real Competition in the Video Market

    July 19, 2013
    WASHINGTON -- On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission voted on its 15th MVPD report assessing the status of competition in the video industry.

  • National Coalition Urges Senator McCaskill to Support Lifeline Program

    June 27, 2013

    WASHINGTON – On Thursday, a diverse coalition of more than 35 public interest, civil rights and community-based organizations sent a letter to Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill highlighting the importance of the Lifeline program. The signers include AARP, the Center for Media Justice, Consumers Union, the Free Press Action Fund, SEIU Missouri State Council, the National Hispanic Media Coalition and the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Civil Rights and Public Interest Groups Urge FCC to Cap Cost of Prison Phone Calls

    March 25, 2013

    WASHINGTON -- On Monday, the Asian American Justice Center, the Center for Media Justice, Communications Workers of America, Free Press, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Council of La Raza, National Hispanic Media Coalition, National Organization for Women Foundation, National Urban League, New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute, Public Knowledge, and the United Church of Christ Office of Communications Inc.

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