Media Access Project (MAP), on behalf of a coalition of public interest organizations and wireless Internet innovators, yesterday filed in response to AT&T and Verizon Wireless challenges to the Federal Communications Commission’s Harbinger-SkyTerra order. That order approved transfer of control of SkyTerra, and its satellite and terrestrial wireless licenses, to private-equity firm Harbinger.
The carriers sought [...]

A coalition of public interest organizations sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski yesterday, calling on the Commission to make increased diversity in the media and broadband communications landscape a top priority. The groups issued the following joint statement:
“Historically marginalized communities still face countless barriers to their own members’ provision and ownership [...]

WASHINGTON — Andrew Jay Schwartzman, President and CEO of Media Access Project, testified before the Federal Communications Commission today in a panel discussion addressing the local television and radio public interest obligations, as part of the Commission’s Future of Media workshop series.
In his testimony, Schwartzman explained that, according to Title III of the Communications Act, [...]

WASHINGTON — Media Access Project (MAP) has released testimony prepared for delivery before the House Committee on the Judiciary tomorrow morning. In the testimony, Andrew Jay Schwartzman, MAP President and CEO, expresses opposition to Comcast’s proposed acquisition of NBC Universal (NBCU).
His testimony draws attention to the transaction’s potential impact on independent programmers, since Comcast’s increase [...]

On Thursday, MAP President Andrew Jay Schwartzman testified before the House Judiciary Committee regarding minority broadcast ownership.
Read his testimony here.

On August 29, 2008, MAP filed three different Petitions for Review of the FCC’s decision to allow Comcast to continue to block BitTorrent and other peer-to-peer traffic until the end of the year.  On behalf of Vuze.com, Consumers Union, and PennPirg (a member of Consumer Federation of America), MAP asked the court to uphold the [...]

*National Journal Magazine* David Hatch: May 10, 2008
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*Newsday* Melanie Lefkowitz: April 29, 2008
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*Broadcasting & Cable* John Eggerton: April 28, 2008
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*The Wall Street Journal* Amy Schatz: April 25, 2008
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