Congressman Bob Goodlatte To Deliver Keynote Remarks at Oct. 21 Event FOR RELEASE: June 22, 2015 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., June 22, 2015 – The Media Institute will honor author and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan and Meredith Attwell Baker, president and CEO of CTIA–The Wireless Association, [...]

Sustained Investment and Innovation Key Factors to Success of Top Five Internet Ecosystems FOR RELEASE: April 24, 2015 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 WASHINGTON, D.C., April 24, 2015 – The Media Institute today released an analysis by Harvard Law School faculty member and Media Institute Global Internet Freedom Advisory Council member [...]

Protections Needed for Cloud Computing FOR RELEASE: Mar. 20, 2015 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Mar. 20, 2015 – An issue paper released today by The Media Institute recommends updating 1980s-era privacy legislation to reflect the growing popularity of cloud computing. Stronger safeguards for information stored remotely “in the [...]

FOR RELEASE: Feb. 26, 2015 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Feb. 26, 2015 – Media Institute President Patrick Maines issued the following statement today following the Federal Communications Commission’s vote to adopt Title II net neutrality regulations: “Today’s vote by the FCC, promoted by people and organizations with political, [...]

FOR RELEASE: Feb. 5, 2015 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Feb. 5, 2015 – Media Institute President Patrick Maines issued the following statement today in response to a proposal by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to apply Title II public utility regulation to the Internet: “Chairman Wheeler’s proposal to enforce [...]

FOR RELEASE: Feb. 3, 2015 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Feb. 3, 2015 – The Media Institute has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court to grant a petition to review an errant expansion of the fair use doctrine that is gaining traction among [...]

FOR RELEASE: Jan. 7, 2015 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Jan. 7, 2015 – Media Institute President Patrick Maines issued the following statement today in the wake of the terrorist attack on the offices of a satirical publication in Paris that left at least 12 dead: “We are shocked [...]

Former FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell To Chair Advisory Council And Join Media Institute Board as Ex Officio Member FOR RELEASE: Nov. 24, 2014 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Nov. 24, 2014 – The Media Institute today announced the launch of a new initiative to help safeguard Internet freedoms around [...]

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai To Deliver Keynote Remarks at Nov. 18 Event FOR RELEASE: Sept. 29, 2014 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Sept. 29, 2014 – The Media Institute will bestow awards on Senator Chris Dodd, chairman and CEO of theMotion Picture Association of America, and Gannett President and [...]

Judges Include Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographers FOR RELEASE: Sept. 17, 2014 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Sept. 17 – A photo contest aimed at amateur enthusiasts will offer photographers new chances to express their creativity as part of this year’s Free Speech Week (FSW). The “Free Speech Everyday” photo contest [...]