FOR RELEASE: July 2, 2015 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., July 2, 2015 – Senator Gordon H. Smith, president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), will serve as Chairman of the 2015 Advisory Council for Free Speech Week, the nation’s premier celebration of free speech. Free [...]

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 [...]