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Restrictive media policies can curtail access to the content we do have through the infrastructure we currently have in place. There are clear roles for funders to play in helping to address media policy issues and GFEM works to keep funders abreast of the constantly shifting media policy environment.

The Media Policy Working Group (MPWG) was created to raise awareness and build knowledge about key issues in media policy within the broader philanthropic community. Our aim is to engage and educate grantmakers across fields about the ever-changing media policy and communications policy landscape, as well as foster collaboration among interested donors in support of targeted activities to help advance the media policy field. MPWG activities include a quarterly teleconference and periodic phone briefings on timely issues in addition to quarterly updates in the GFEM newsletter. MPWG also partners with other funder affinity groups to organize media policy-related sessions at national gatherings. Membership is open to grantmakers working in and outside the U.S. with an interest in learning and sharing grantmaking experiences about media policy in the public interest. If you would like to join the MPWG please contact jperlstein (at) gfem (dot) org.

FCC Chairman Promotes Network Neutrality Rules for both Wired and Wireless Internet Connections

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski waded directly into the network neutrality fight, launching a new rulemaking proceeding designed to turn the FCC's existing Internet freedom "principles" ...

Time for Higher Education To Step Up on National Broadband Strategy

Given the historic opportunity, it is high time for higher education to become actively and constructively engaged in the national broadband policy making effort. [Source: Bytes from Lev blog, by ...

Court Tosses FCC Cable Ownership Cap, Likely to Set Off Consolidation Harmful to Consumers

Since 1992, an FCC rule limited cable companies from controlling more than 30 percent of the pay TV market in the United States. The court has now vacated the entire rule, making media ...

From a Porch in Montana, Low-Power Radio’s Voice Rises

Legislation now before Congress could sharply increase the number of noncommercial low-power radio stations, reports The New York Times below.

Video: Reporter Roundtable on Upcoming Media and Technology Policy Issues

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This episode of C-SPAN's "The Communicators" features three reporters discussing the significant telecommunications and technology issues in the upcoming session of Congress and at ...

Policies that Matter for Artists and Media Makers

[Source: NewPublicMedia.org, by Mary Alice Crim; September 08, 2009] I am amazed by the talent and creativity of all the people I ...

Nonprofit Model Makes Sense for Newspapers

If a newspaper were run as a nonprofit, this would allow [foundations and] people who valued the impact of its stories to donate and receive a tax deduction.[By James T. Hamilton, Atlanta ...

2,200 Broadband Stimulus Applications Seek Seven Times More Funds Than Available

[By Drew Clark, BroadbandCensus.com; August 27, 2009]Nearly 2,200 applications were submitted for funding from the federal government’s broadband stimulus program, seeking $27.6 billion in ...

Evaluating the New Models for Journalism and News

[Source: SaveTheNews.org] A number of alternative models for the news — recent experiments, long-standing ventures and ideas yet to move beyond the blueprint phase — hold clues for what new press ...

New FCC Chairman Affirms Net Neutrality Stance

[By Andrew Noyes, CongressDaily; August 25, 2009] The FCC remains committed to enforcing principles intended to ensure unobstructed access to Internet content, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski ...