Adam Thierer, president of The Progress & Freedom Foundation and the Director of its Center for Digital Media Freedom, discusses the future of media. He explains recent proposals to subsidize journalists and media companies. Thierer outlines problems with the proposals, such as threats to free speech and separation of press and state. He also addresses newspapers as non-profits, shared experiences vs. diversity, and journalism ethics in the context of the recently scooped iPhone.
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Related Links
- Progress & Freedom Foundation comments on the FCC’s Future of Media proceeding (.pdf) by Adam Thierer, Berin Szoka, and Ken Ferree
- FCC’s Future of Media proceeding
- Adam Thierer on Media Regulation at Technology Liberation Front
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