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 [...]

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 [...]

FOR RELEASE: March 10, 2010 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., March 10, 2010 – A group of distinguished First Amendment attorneys and scholars is calling on MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann to publicly apologize to preeminent First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams, over Olbermann’s Jan. 21 attack likening Abrams to a [...]

FOR RELEASE: February 3, 2010Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Feb. 3, 2010 – A proposed compulsory-license scheme that would force radio broadcasters to pay royalties to musical artists and record labels would impose an undue economic burden on broadcasters already racked by the recession.  In addition, the plan would likely reduce [...]

FOR RELEASE: January 20, 2010 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700   Arlington, Va., Jan. 20, 2010 – Government intervention aimed at “saving” journalism by funding or subsidizing media companies is a misguided idea that could imperil the future of independent American journalism, says economist and former FCC commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth. That idea [...]