Andrew Jay Schwartzman, President and CEO of the Media Access Project (MAP), issued the following statement on today’s Supreme Court decision upholding the FCC’s policy on broadcast indecency:
“Today’s decision is extremely disappointing.  We remain hopeful that the FCC’s restrictive policies will ultimately be declared unconstitutional, but there will be several more years of uncertainty, and [...]

On April 22, Media Access Project (MAP) President Andrew Jay Schwartzman was appointed by Acting Chairman Michael J. Copps to serve once again as member of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) newly reconstituted Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age. Comprised of representatives of telcos, associations, broadcasting, and public interest groups, [...]

Media Access Project (MAP) filed comments today with the Federal Communications Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Association, and the Rural Utilities Service regarding the procedure by which entities can apply for broadband stimulus funding provided via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
In its filing, MAP emphasized that core First Amendment principles must be considered [...]

MAP will launch its 2009 public policy series, “MAPPING CHANGE – Future of Access and Innovation,” with a public forum that will bring together government officials and technology experts to chart how the Obama administration is addressing critical communications and technology policy issues. Speakers will include *Susan Crawford* of the *White House National Economic Council* [...]

Several publishers and the newspaper industry trade association filed two separate challenges to the FCC’s 2007 newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership decision. They did so because one of the appeals would be heard in the DC Circuit court, which they think may be a more favorable forum than the Third Circuit court in Philadelphia.
MAP moved to dismiss [...]

Come see MAP’s first public forum of the MAPPING CHANGE policy series to discuss how the Obama administration is addressing critical media and technology policy issues in its first 100 days.
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Speakers will include *Susan Crawford* of the *White House National Economic Council* and a panel of telecom industry analysts and technology policy experts.
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