FOR RELEASE: September 14, 2010 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Sept. 14, 2010 – New York City Dept. of Education Chancellor and former Clinton Administration official Joel Klein will present The Media Institute’s American Horizon Award to Rupert Murdoch at the Institute’s annual Friends & Benefactors Awards Banquet Oct. [...]
Meredith Attwell Baker of FCC To Deliver Keynote Remarks at Oct. 6 Event FOR RELEASE: August 27, 2010 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Aug. 27, 2010 - The Media Institute will bestow awards on Rupert Murdoch and Kyle McSlarrow at its annual Friends & Benefactors Awards Banquet Oct. 6 [...]
Joined with 21 other media organizations in filing an amicus curiae brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in Snyder v. Phelps. The brief argued that media outlets cannot be silenced or held liable for reporting hateful or disturbing speech. Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church had tried to harass Snyder and other military families [...]
FOR RELEASE: July 1, 2010 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., July 1, 2010 – Government can play an appropriate role in helping journalism prosper on the Internet – but it involves providing the underlying legal structure and preventing unfair competition, rather than offering subsidies or making media companies nonprofit. [...]
Time To Review Online Giant’s Role, Says Respected Communications Attorney FOR RELEASE: June 8, 2010 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., June 8, 2010 – Much of the recent activity by the Federal Communications Commission, Congress, and other government agencies to solve the “crisis” over the future of journalism misses [...]
FOR RELEASE: May 7, 2010 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., May 7, 2010 – In comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission today, The Media Institute urged the Commission to be mindful of the First Amendment as it considers ways to involve itself in the future of media. Following [...]
Filed comments with the FCC in its proceeding “Examination of the Future of Media and Information Needs of Communities in a Digital Age.” The comments stated: “As the Commission assesses proposals to ensure the future of media in this proceeding, we urge that it keep firmly in mind the following 45 words:” This cautionary [...]
FOR RELEASE: May 4, 2010 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., May 4, 2010 – If the Federal Communications Commission succeeds in reclassifying broadband providers as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act, it could reduce the level of First Amendment protection for those providers. And the FCC’s [...]
FOR RELEASE: April 1, 2010 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., April 1, 2010 – Noted Washington attorneys Lee Levine and Cliff Sloan have joined The Media Institute’s First Amendment Advisory Council, it was announced today by Patrick D. Maines, president of the Institute. Lee Levine is a founding partner [...]
FOR RELEASE: March 10, 2010Mr. Keith Olbermann “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” MSNBC TV 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 Countdown@msnbc.com An Open Letter to Keith Olbermann:As members of The Media Institute’s First Amendment Advisory Council, we are writing to take strong issue with your “special comment” of January 21, 2010, in which you personally [...]