FOR RELEASE: June 3, 2013 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Washington, June 3 – The Media Institute and the Motion Picture Association of America Inc. (MPAA), announced today that MPAA Chairman and CEO Senator Chris Dodd will be the Chair of the 2013 Advisory Council for Free Speech Week (FSW), the [...]
Filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. Aereokiller, LLC, urging the court to affirm injunctive relief for broadcasters. Aereokiller employs a technological scheme to retransmit protected broadcast content to its subscribers in an attempt to circumvent licensing fees. The brief, written [...]
Filed a friend-of-the-court brief, joining with The Thomas Jefferson Center, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, arguing that a Virginia regulation forbidding college newspapers from running ads for alcoholic beverages is unconstitutional. The brief argues that the lower court should have applied strict scrutiny, rather than the less-stringent commercial speech [...]
Events Around Country Will Focus on First Amendment FOR RELEASE: Contact: The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Oct. 22 – Free Speech Week (FSW) kicks off today, Oct. 22, and will run through Sunday, Oct. 28. Universities, schools, media organizations, and community groups across the nation will conduct events and projects aimed at recognizing [...]
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel To Deliver Keynote Remarks at Nov. 14 Event FOR RELEASE: September 13, 2012 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Sept. 13, 2012 – The Media Institute will bestow awards on Clear Channel Communications CEO Bob Pittman and Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello at its annual Friends [...]
FOR RELEASE: July 30, 2012 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., July 30 – The Media Institute, a nonprofit non-partisan independent education and research foundation focusing on communications policy issues, announced today that Bob Pittman, CEO of Clear Channel, will chair a newly formed Advisory Council for Free Speech Week [...]
Joined with 23 other leading media organizations in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Xavier Alvarez. The brief urged the Supreme Court to uphold a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that the “Stolen Valor Act,” which makes it a crime to [...]
FOR RELEASE: Dec. 1, 2011 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Washington, Dec. 1, 2011 – Meredith A. Baker of NBCUniversal and John S. Orlando of CBS Corporation were elected to the Board of Trustees of The Media Institute at the board’s annual meeting today in Washington. Meredith Baker is senior vice [...]
Filed a friend-of-the court brief, joining with The Thomas Jefferson Center, in the U.S. Supreme Court in FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. The brief argued that the Supreme Court should invalidate its decision in FCC v. Pacifica (the “seven dirty words” case) because Pacifica impermissibly created a novel category of unprotected speech; Pacifica’s [...]
Celebration Around Country Promises To Be Biggest Yet FOR RELEASE: Oct. 17, 2011 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Oct. 17, 2011 – Free Speech Week (FSW) kicks off today, Oct. 17, and will run through Sunday, Oct. 23. Universities, schools, media organizations, and community groups across the nation will [...]