FOR RELEASE: June 27, 2011 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., June 27, 2011 – Patrick Maines, president of The Media Institute, issued the following statement today in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association: The Media Institute applauds the Supreme Court's decision today [...]
FOR RELEASE: May 2, 2011 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., May 2, 2011 – The concept that the public owns the airwaves – particularly as it concerns the authority and mission of the FCC – is “a mischievous notion that has been misused as a rationalization for government regulation,” [...]
FOR RELEASE: December 16, 2010 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Washington, Dec. 16, 2010 – Richard M. Bates of The Walt Disney Company was elected to the Board of Trustees of The Media Institute at the board’s annual meeting today in Washington. Bates is senior vice president of government relations for [...]
Groups and Schools Around Country Will Recognize Free Speech and Press FOR RELEASE: >October 14, 2010 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Oct. 14, 2010 – National Freedom of Speech Week (NFSW) is set to kick off next Monday, Oct. 18, and will run through Sunday, Oct. 24. A wide [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]