Let’s Expand Low Power Radio!

Now that legislation has passed in Congress to lift LPFM licensing restrictions, Prometheus Radio Project and MAP want to make sure that more urban areas will have access to new community radio stations.

Journalism and Information Needs

Unmistakable secular changes in the media industry along with the deep impact of the recession have made it imperative to take steps to preserve the function of local and national journalism even as the form of that profession evolves. Media Access Project is engaging with government agencies and a growing coalition of organizations to develop policy solutions to preserve and protect quality news reporting.

Openness, Diversity, and the Internet

The Internet has emerged as a critical new avenue of free expression — truly becoming an uninhibited marketplace of ideas. Network neutrality protections would ensure that the Internet remains a platform that supports the public’s First Amendment right to receive, access, and create news and information from a diversity of sources and viewpoints, without discrimination from ISPs.

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The SOPA War: MPAA President Chris Dodd Recalls a Frantic Call, an Aborted Summit, and Dramatic New Details on How Hollywood Lost
[25 Jan 2012 ]

By Kim Masters, Hollywood Reporter
In the desperate hours of early January, with chatter spreading that the White House was poised to make a devastating statement opposing parts of proposed anti-piracy legislation that Hollywood studios considered key to the industry’s very survival, MPAA president Christopher Dodd made a phone call to DreamWorks Animation [...]

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February 7, 2012 MAP Forum Series Event
[6 Jan 2012 ]

Please join us on Tuesday, February 7th, 9:30 am-12:30 pm for part two of  MAP’s fifth annual Forum Series.
The entire series is free and open to the public. Continental breakfast will be available.
Please RSVP to Mera Szendro Bok at mera@mediaaccess.org
The Global Internet and the Free Flow of Information:
Events throughout the world have highlighted the role [...]

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Justices tackle free speech dispute over broadcast TV ‘indecency’
[6 Jan 2012 ]

By Bill Mears, CNN Supreme Court Producer
Falls Church, Virginia (CNN) — It’s a Tuesday night at Nell and Matt Dillard’s suburban Washington home, and the family of four is watching “Glee,” a scripted Fox television program.
Ninety seconds into the comedy, one of the teenage female characters makes mention of Asian men and [...]

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Katz To Be FCC Chief Of Staff
[6 Jan 2012 ]

By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable
Zachary Katz, chief counsel to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, has been named chief of staff, succeeding Eddie Lazarus.  Sherrese Smith, currently senior counsel and legal advisor for media issues, will succeed Katz as chief counsel.
That was the lead on a number of changes to the chairman’s staff [...]

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Media Access Project Welcomes Zachary Katz as FCC Chief of Staff
[5 Jan 2012 ]

For Immediate Release
Contact:
Andrew Jay Schwartzman
202.454.5681
andys@mediaaccess.org

Washington, D.C- Zachary Katz has been appointed to Chief of Staff at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Zachary has been working at the FCC since 2009. Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Senior Vice President and Policy Director of Media Access Project today issued the following statement in [...]

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