Not only is the New Year fast approaching, but Free Press is celebrating its 10-year anniversary, so forgive us if we’re in a particularly nostalgic mood. We’re just so amazed by all that Free Press and its members have accomplished — and even more excited about what lies ahead.
We just experienced a shameful milestone in the history of U.S. media — and barely anyone noticed.
There are now zero black-owned and operated full-power TV stations in our country.
At the end of October, as thousands of activists gathered in Washington, D.C., for the largest U.S. rally against domestic spying, the head of the National Security Agency sent a message to journalists reporting on surveillance and Edward Snowden’s revelations.
Rupert Murdoch just got some bad news from one of his own newspapers.
On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Federal Communications Commission is dropping its old plans to allow more media consolidation.
To say that 2013 was just another year in the struggle to protect our online rights is quite the understatement. When the history of the Internet is written, 2013 will be considered one epic year.
