Memorial Day capped a tough week for merger-crazed media companies as two leading newspapers came out against their multibillion-dollar plans to hook up.
Earlier today I gathered with 100 activists and allies at the epicenter of Comcast’s operations in Philadelphia.
Our message? Stop the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger.
At a five-year-old’s birthday party over the weekend, I chatted with a therapist, a publishing executive and a furniture maker. Everyone wanted to talk about Net Neutrality, the principle that all online content must be treated equally — and the biggest tech issue of the moment.
The Wall Street analyst didn’t stand a chance.
He went up against Free Press’ very own Matt Wood on PBS’ NewsHour in a discussion of the AT&T-DIRECTV merger. Though the analyst claimed the deal would serve customers and promote innovation, Wood had the truth on his side.
On Sunday, AT&T announced that it’s buying DIRECTV. For this kingly sum AT&T gets a satellite-only company with declining profits and no physical assets located here on planet Earth.
People have had it up to here with Comcast, whose soaring prices and subpar service have propelled it to a second win as the worst company in America.
And if you live in the Philly area you have a great way to fight back.
Washington, D.C., wasn’t the only place where folks rallied against the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to allow Internet service providers charge for preferential treatment online.
