Center for Media Justice and Future of Music Coalition Release Issue Briefs on AT&T and T-Mobile Merger
Artist-friendly documents describe dangers of the proposed merger to creative communities, including musicians
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Debating Disclosure and Transparency in the FCC Future of Media Report
By Josh Sterns The recently released FCC report on “The Information Needs of Communities” focuses a good deal of attention on increasing transparency by government and by broadcasters, who get to use the public airwaves for free. Indeed, the FCC recommended that “disclosure should be a major pillar of FCC media policy.”
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Ozomatli on the AT&T + T-Mobile Merger
Our friends Ozomatli, known for their eclectic, genre-bending sound and outspoken approach to civic engagement and activism, recently shared their thoughts on the AT&T-T-Mobile merger. Ozomatli are an LA-based band currently serving as U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassadors and artist advisors to FMC. The band will also be in Washington,D.C. on Saturday, June 25to play a can’t miss one-off show with the National Symphony
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California Public Utilities Commission Votes to Investigate California-Specific Impacts of Proposed AT&T /T-Mobile Merger
By Tracy Rosenberg, Executive Director of Media Alliance The Commission Votes 3-2 to Support Commissioner Sandoval’s Proposal for Informational Proceeding
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NHMC and NiLP File Petition to Deny AT&T’s Acquisition of T-Mobile
by National Hispanic Media Coalition
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Astroturf Up Close and Personal: The AT&T Merger at the CA-PUC
By Tracy Rosenberg I was out-gunned 30-1. On May 26th, I went to the California Public Utilities Commission to encourage them to perform a thorough investigation of the impact of the AT&T / T-Mobile merger on California consumers.
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Nationally, community groups “merge” in opposition to AT&T’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile, Letter asks FCC and DOJ for review
The day before the House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile, the Center for Media Justice and an unprecedented fifty community-based social justice organizations from across the country, sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice calling for a thorough review of AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile.