June 2, 2014

Committee for Media Access Challenges National Advocacy Groups to Seek Protections for Public Access in Comcast Merger


CMA members have mailed letters to national advocacy organizations that signed on in support of Comcast’s 2010 merger with NCBU.


CMA cautions that funding cuts and channel closures have resulted in many communities served by Comcast, and in the letter calls on these organizations to condition their support for Comcast’s new merger with Time-Warner Cable on protections for public access channels nationwide. Public access is not mentioned in Comcast’s public interest filings for the merger, despite the importance of protections for local speech, diversity, and public access to the media.

The full list of organizations that received the letter is below:

National Council of La Raza
US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
League of United Latin American Citizens
National Conference of Black Mayors
Urban League of Detroit and Southeastern Michigan
National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators
National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials
National Black Caucus of State Legislators
National Association of Black County Officials
National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women
National Puerto Rican Coalition
Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute
Latino Community Foundation
Urban League of Springfield
Cuban American National Council
ASPIRA Association
US Hispanic Leadership Institute
National Hispanic Media Coalition
SER-Jobs for Progress National, Inc.
Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility
National Association of Hispanic Publications
National Hispana Leadership Institute
MANA, A National Latina Organization
Hispanic Federation
National Urban League
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
National Conference of Black Mayors
Urban League of Detroit and Southeastern Michigan
Chicago Urban League
Rainbow PUSH Coalition
NAACP

No comments:

Post a Comment