Free Press (organization)

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Free Press
Type Lobbying
Founded 2002, U.S.
Headquarters Florence, MA
Industry Media
Website www.freepress.net

Free Press is a non-partisan media advocacy organization, and by membership the largest such organization in the United States. It was founded by media critic Robert W. McChesney, journalist John Nichols and current executive director Josh Silver. The current chair of Free Press is Columbia Professor Tim Wu. In the 2000s, Free Press has grown into among the most prominent organizations criticizing media consolidation and defending network neutrality. It has a membership of over 500,000, making it in membership terms the largest media advocacy group in the United States.[1]

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Free Press' aim is to increase the public's stake in the debate of appropriate media policy with the goal of creating a more competitive media landscape and promoting a media system more friendly to the public interest. In the period from 2002-2008, Free Press was one of the leading organizations in the Save the Internet campaign and the Stop Big Media coalition. Free Press is also the organizer of the large annual National Conference for Media Reform.

Free Press employs a full time lobbying staff in Washington, D.C. Free Press' senior lobbyist, Ben Scott, has been described as a "driving force for 'net neutrality.'" [2]

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  1. ^ Net Neutrality's Quiet Crusader - washingtonpost.com
  2. ^ Net Neutrality's Quiet Crusader - washingtonpost.com

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