Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps on Media Policy and Reform
Event Date: Monday, February 4, 2013 @ 5:30 PM
This program is co-sponsored by the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College and Common Cause.
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PROGRAM
Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, leader of the Media and Democracy Reform Initiative at Common Cause, will speak broadly about media policy and the need for media reform
in the age of increasing media consolidation. The evening will feature a discussion of how consolidation threatens the vibrancy of our informational infrastructure. He will focus on media ownership and the importance of cross-ownership restrictions – which
the FCC is currently trying to relax, but which Copps argues are essential for a robust media with diverse viewpoints – as well as the challenges to maintaining a free and open internet. Copps will draw on his 10 years of experience as Commissioner at the
FCC to explain Common Cause’s ongoing campaigns to restore the greatness of the American media and revitalize our democracy.
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SPEAKERS
The Honorable Michael J. Copps Former
Commissioner, U.S. Federal Communications Commission (2001-2011); Senior Advisor for Media and Democracy Reform Initiative, Common Cause
Michael J. Copps served as a member of the Federal Communications Commission from 2001 to 2011. His tenure was marked by a consistent embrace of the public
interest. He has been a strong voice in opposition of consolidation in the telecommunications sector, and notably dissented in the Comcast-NBC Universal merger. He has been a consistent proponent for localism in programming and diversity in media ownership.
Though retired from the Commission, he has maintained his commitment to an inclusive, informative media landscape and now leads the Media and Democracy Reform Initiative at Common Cause. He also sits on the boards of Free Press and Public Knowledge. Prior
to his time at the FCC, he served as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development at the Department of Commerce during the Clinton Administration and Chief of Staff to Senator Fritz Hollings (D-SC) from the early 1970s to 1983.
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