Jeffrey Chester

Jeffrey Chester is executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy (www.democraticmedia.org), a Washington-based nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining the diversity and openness of the new broadband communications systems. He is the author of Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy, published by The New Press.

CorporationsFebruary 1, 2006

The End of the Internet?

Telephone and cable companies are crafting strategies to transform the free and open Internet to a privately run service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do online. Can we stop them?

Jeffrey Chester
Internet and New MediaAugust 25, 2004

ABC’s Digital Convention Scam

The Center for Digital Democracy is part of a "Public Interest, Public Airwaves" coalition supporting a policy that would require broadcasters to air more public service programming in the digital age. Click here for more info.

Jeffrey Chester
CorporationsDecember 4, 2003

A Present for Murdoch

The Bush Administration will make sure that no Grinch spoils Rupert Murdoch's holiday season.

Jeffrey Chester
MediaJuly 10, 2003

Murdoch’s Extended Reach

Rupert Murdoch will soon become an even more powerful presence in the US.

Jeffrey Chester
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Campaigns and ElectionsNovember 21, 2002

There Is No Silver Lining

With Republicans in full control in Washington, next year's prospects are grim.

David Helvarg , Jack Newfield and Jeffrey Chester
Internet and New MediaJuly 23, 2002

A 12-Step Program for Media Democracy

These days, it's the media conglomerates who are drunk with power--demanding a larger share of the nation's airwaves and threatening to turn the World Wide Web into an electronic theme park--and

Jeffrey Chester and Gary O. Larson
Internet and New MediaDecember 20, 2001

Something Old, Something New

Media policy need to change in the digital age—but how?

Jeffrey Chester and Gary O. Larson
Internet and New MediaSeptember 25, 2000

The Threat to the Net

Open access to the broadband Internet is essential if we are to insure that a diverse range of voices has a chance of reaching out to citizens in the new era of high-speed communications.

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CorporationsFebruary 1, 2006

Telephone and cable companies are crafting strategies to transform the free and open Internet to a privately run service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do online. Can we stop them?

Internet and New MediaAugust 25, 2004

The Center for Digital Democracy is part of a "Public Interest, Public Airwaves" coalition supporting a policy that would require broadcasters to air more public service programming in the digital age. Click here for more info.

CorporationsDecember 4, 2003

The Bush Administration will make sure that no Grinch spoils Rupert Murdoch's holiday season.

MediaJuly 10, 2003

Rupert Murdoch will soon become an even more powerful presence in the US.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Campaigns and ElectionsNovember 21, 2002

With Republicans in full control in Washington, next year's prospects are grim.

Internet and New MediaJuly 23, 2002

These days, it's the media conglomerates who are drunk with power--demanding a larger share of the nation's airwaves and threatening to turn the World Wide Web into an electronic theme park--and

Internet and New MediaDecember 20, 2001

Media policy need to change in the digital age—but how?

Internet and New MediaSeptember 25, 2000

Open access to the broadband Internet is essential if we are to insure that a diverse range of voices has a chance of reaching out to citizens in the new era of high-speed communications.