• Comcast's Meager Promises to Telemundo

    Joseph Torres
    May 19, 2011

    It’s hard to imagine that NBC would ever broadcast just thirty minutes of local daily news on its network-owned stations in places like New York City and Chicago. That would simply be unacceptable.

    But that’s exactly what NBC has done with the Telemundo stations it owns in our nation’s largest Latino markets, located in our nation’s largest cities, according to a study released this month by Free Press.

  • I Can't Afford the AT&T-T-Mobile Merger

    Chancellar Williams
    May 18, 2011

    When I heard about AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile, I got nervous. I fear the outcomes of greater concentration in the wireless market for all consumers, but I’m also a former AT&T customer who wrested myself away to T-Mobile just over a year ago. So this merger gets personal.

  • Jon Stewart and Fast Moves at the FCC

    Megan Tady
    May 17, 2011

    Yes, Jon Stewart, that was fast. Last night, the Daily Show laid into FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker for taking a job as a Comcast lobbyists soon after approving the controversial Comcast/NBC-Universal merger.

    Baker was nearly lobbying for Comcast before she was officially offered a gig with the company. In January, Baker not only voted to approve the massive media merger, she also chastised the FCC for taking too long to deliberate on the merger. Now, she’s leaving the FCC to take a title she's already earned: senior vice president of government affairs (aka, head lobbyist). 

  • Same Old Song: Another Radio Merger

    Megan Tady
    May 16, 2011

    It's the same old song – both on the radio, and in politics. Another mega media merger is looming. Radio giant Cumulus is attempting to acquire radio giant Citadel, giving Cumulus massive control over the airwaves, and leaving the public with even less choices in programming and music on the radio.

    On Friday, Free Press filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission expressing doubt about the public interest benefits of the merger.

  • Pressure Builds After Baker Leaves FCC Post for Comcast

    Josh Stearns
    May 13, 2011

    Late Wednesday night, it was revealed that Federal Communications Commissioner Meredith Atwell Baker was leaving her post to become one of Comcast’s head lobbyists. This comes just four months after she voted to approve that company’s massive takeover of NBC-Universal.

  • FCC Commissioner Cashes in at Your Expense

    Timothy Karr
    May 12, 2011

    Federal Communications Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker will reportedly depart the agency in June to occupy a corner office at Comcast-NBC -- the company whose multi-billion mega-merger she approved just months ago.

  • One More Washington Regulator Cashes in at Your Expense

    Timothy Karr
    May 12, 2011

    Federal Communications Commissioner Meredith Atwell Baker will reportedly depart the agency in June to occupy a corner office at Comcast-NBC -- the company whose multi-billion mega-merger she approved just months ago.

    In so doing she joins a long line of "public servants" who have spun government jobs into gold at the expense of the American people they're supposed to represent.

  • Data Roaming Is a Wireless Win

    Chris Riley
    May 12, 2011

    The Federal Communications Commission (finally) adopted an order to implement one of the significant recommendations of its National Broadband Plan: data roaming for mobile broadband services.

  • Cracking the Case of the Disappearing Public Access Channels

    Lindsey Sanders
    May 11, 2011

    When people think about funding cuts and public media, they usually think about NPR and PBS, but a recent report reveals that another vital community media source is perhaps even more threatened: Public, Educational and Governmental access stations, otherwise known as PEG stations.

    There is now fresh data on the funding cuts and closures of PEG access cable channels throughout the country, thanks to a study released by the Buske Group and the Alliance for Communications Democracy in early April. The study compared the funding of PEG access centers over a five year period between 2005 and 2010, uncovering the rapid erosion of a vital local resource.

  • The Millennial Generation's Hope: The Internet

    Fraylie Nord
    May 10, 2011

    As graduation season arrives, the online chatter has increased about a generation in peril: the Millennials. Van Jones and Lindsay McClusky said this in their recent Huffington Post article:

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