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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 ]. |
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| ==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. It generally makes common cause with progressive Democrats such as Senators Al Franken and Ed Markey.
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 comprised of individuals, lobbying groups, and large corporations. 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.
Net neutrality
Free Press is a strong supporter of net neutrality. The group supports the 2015 Open Internet Order, in which the FCC classified broadband internet as a common carrier service under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934, which meant that "no content could be blocked by broadband providers and that the internet would not be divided into pay-to-play fast lanes for internet and media companies that can afford it and slow lanes for everyone else."
Free Press has long been strongly critical of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and his support for free enterprise. Free Press's president Craig Aaron has said that Pai's desire to return the US Internet to its pre-2015 regulatory status "would put consumers at the mercy of phone and cable companies." Pai, in turn, has been critical of Free Press, asserting that Free Press has a "socialist" agenda on the basis of founder McChesney's expressed desire to rebuild the entire society "on socialist principles".
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.
- Senators Champion Net Neutrality and Call on FCC to Act
- 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).
- ^ Cecilia Kanga, F.C.C. Chairman Pushes Sweeping Changes to Net Neutrality Rules, New York Times (April 26, 2017).
- Edward Wyatt, F.C.C. Considering Hybrid Regulatory Approach to Net Neutrality, New York Times (November 1, 2014).
- 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
- "Board of Directors". Free Press.