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We’ve (almost) made it to the end of 2025. And we couldn’t have done it without a little help from our friends and favorite writers.
Craig Aaron
Craig Aaron is the co-CEO of Free Press and Free Press Action and a guy with two first names.
Media
Stop the Merger Madness
Rule No. 1 when big deals get announced: Don’t believe the hype
Media
Media Mergers and the New McCarthyism
Jane Fonda, Anna Gomez, John Oliver and the growing backlash against censorship and consolidation
Media
Good Night and WTF?
Under the new rules of corporate journalism, editing is only a crime when it makes Trump look bad
Media
Uh Oh, the FCC Chairman Is Podcasting Again
To Brendan Carr, the ‘public interest standard’ means whatever helps King Trump
Media
Face to Face with the Censorship Czar
I went to the FCC, and all I brought was this fabulous T-shirt
Media
We Can Stop the Federal Censorship Commission
Jimmy Kimmel’s firing is a tipping point in public opposition to Trump’s media crackdown
Future of Journalism
Six Impossible Things That Might Save Journalism
It’s time to dream up a media future that millions of people will fight for
Media
What Bob McChesney Taught Me
“If you act like change for the better is impossible, you guarantee it will be impossible.”
Media
Broadcasters Strike a Devil’s Bargain with the Trump Regime
Every merger is now an opening for extortion
Public Media
Let’s Make the End of CPB the Start of Public Media’s Revival
The fight for public media’s future is a fight for democracy and against authoritarianism
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