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| '''Free Press''' is a United States ] that is part of the ] or ] movement. It gives the following ]: "We fight to save the free and open Internet, curb runaway ], protect ], and ensure diverse voices are represented in our media."<ref>, Free Press (accessed July 9, 2016).</ref> The group is a major supporter of ].<ref name="post">{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/27/AR2008032703618.html| title = Net Neutrality's Quiet Crusader: Free Press's Ben Scott Faces Down Titans, Regulators in Battle Over Internet Control| last = Kang| first = Cecilia| date = 28 March 2008| newspaper = ]| accessdate = 24 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Boliek|first1=Brooks|title=Tom Wheeler tweaks net neutrality plan after Google push|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/fcc-chairman-tom-wheeler-net-neutrality-plan-google-115502.html|accessdate=2 March 2015|newspaper=Politico|date=February 25, 2015}}</ref> Citing remarks made by Free Press founder Robert McChesney, FCC Chairman ] has said Free Press has a socialist agenda.<ref name="Pai">, ] (April 26, 2017).</ref><ref> </ref> | '''Free Press''' is a United States ] that is part of the ] or ] movement. It gives the following ]: "We fight to save the free and open Internet, curb runaway ], protect ], and ensure diverse voices are represented in our media."<ref>, Free Press (accessed July 9, 2016).</ref> The group is a major supporter of ].<ref name="post">{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/27/AR2008032703618.html| title = Net Neutrality's Quiet Crusader: Free Press's Ben Scott Faces Down Titans, Regulators in Battle Over Internet Control| last = Kang| first = Cecilia| date = 28 March 2008| newspaper = ]| accessdate = 24 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Boliek|first1=Brooks|title=Tom Wheeler tweaks net neutrality plan after Google push|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/fcc-chairman-tom-wheeler-net-neutrality-plan-google-115502.html|accessdate=2 March 2015|newspaper=Politico|date=February 25, 2015}}</ref> Citing remarks made by Free Press founder Robert McChesney, FCC Chairman ] has said Free Press has a socialist agenda.<ref name="Pai">, ] (April 26, 2017).</ref><ref name = "Socialist"> </ref> | ||
| ==History, organization, and activities== | ==History, organization, and activities== | ||
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| Formation | 2003; 22 years ago (2003) |
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| Type | Advocacy |
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| Fields | Public policy |
| Key people | Robert W. McChesney, John Nichols, Josh Silver Craig Aaron |
| Employees | Approx. 25 |
| Website | www |
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Free Press is a United States advocacy group that is part of the media reform or media democracy movement. It gives the following mission statement: "We fight to save the free and open Internet, curb runaway media consolidation, protect press freedom, and ensure diverse voices are represented in our media." The group is a major supporter of net neutrality. Citing remarks made by Free Press founder Robert McChesney, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has said Free Press has a socialist agenda.
History, organization, and activities
Free Press is a 501(c)(3) organization. The Free Press Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) organization and is the group's advocacy arm.
Free Press was co-founded in 2003 by writer Robert W. McChesney, progressive journalist John Nichols, and activist Josh Silver.
It is part of the broader "media reform movement" (or "media democracy movement"), and has described its work in these terms. This movement promotes ideas of "media localism" and opposes media consolidation. Like other organizations that are part of the same movement (such as the Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Media Access Project, and Center for Digital Democracy), Free Press is concerned with issues such as Federal Communications Commission regulations, "as well as Congressional funding for public broadcasting and the malfeasance of corporate media."
Free Press leads the Save the Internet coalition. The group has sponsored the annual National Conference for Media Reform since 2003.
Free Press has offices in Washington, D.C., and Florence, Massachusetts, and a staff of 25.
Leadership
The board of directors includes McChesney, Nichols, and Silver, as well as Craig Aaron, Michael Copps, Olga Davidson, Kim Gandy, Liza Pike, and Ben Scott.
In 2008, Tim Wu of Columbia Law School was elected chair of the Free Press board.
See also
References
- ^ Kang, Cecilia (28 March 2008). "Net Neutrality's Quiet Crusader: Free Press's Ben Scott Faces Down Titans, Regulators in Battle Over Internet Control". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ Free Press, Guidestar (accessed June 9, 2016).
- What We Do, Free Press (accessed July 9, 2016).
- Boliek, Brooks (February 25, 2015). "Tom Wheeler tweaks net neutrality plan after Google push". Politico. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- REMARKS OF FCC CHAIRMAN AJIT PAI AT THE NEWSEUM, “THE FUTURE OF INTERNET FREEDOM” WASHINGTON, DC, APRIL 26, 2017, Federal Communications Commission (April 26, 2017).
- "A New New Deal under Obama?", John Bellamy Foster and Robert W. McChesney, Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine
- Free Press Action Fund, Guidestar (accessed June 9, 2016).
- ^ Tim Wu Elected Board Chair at Free Press, Columbia Law School (April 2008).
- ^ Dan Berger, Defining Democracy: Coalition Politics and the Struggle for Media Reform, International Journal of Communication 3 (2009).
- Adi Robertson, Who's fighting to save the internet now?: Net neutrality supporters gear up to take on the FCC, The Verge (May 5, 2014).
- "Board of Directors". Free Press.