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.

Currently

  • Progressive Internet Entrepreneurs

    May 30, 2008

    As corporate giants and venture capitalists race to monetize cyberspace, progressives need to step up and become players in the global media game. Here's how they can do it.

2007

  • Google: Search and Data Seizure

    September 28, 2007

    Google's bid to acquire DoubleClick will make it the most powerful player in interactive marketing on the planet. But it poses threats to our privacy, politics and democratic aspirations for the Internet.

  • The War Against Google

    March 23, 2007

    Viacom, NBC and NewsCorp./Fox are waging war against Google in a high-stakes scramble to cash in on the unmined riches of the Internet. At what cost to us?

2006

  • Google, YouTube and You

    October 16, 2006

    The Google/YouTube merger is not just a big media deal: It's the leading edge of a data-driven marketing system that will follow our every move and immerse us in interactive marketing messages.

  • Life After Net Neutrality: Replaced By a Chimp?

    September 19, 2006

    If Senator Ted Stevens defies mounting public opposition and succeeds in killing net neutrality, expect the free flow of online content to be replaced by lowbrow corporate infotainment.

  • Congress Poised to Unravel the Internet

    August 18, 2006

    Senator Ted Stevens has no idea how the Internet works, but he's asking Congress to remake it to suit the interests of the telecommunications industry. Can progressives apply the pressure to kill this bill?

  • A Ten-Point Plan for Media Democracy

    June 20, 2006

    With Congress poised to pass legislation that rewrites the Telecom Act, here are ten action items for a media reform agenda.

2003

2002

  • A 12-Step Program for Media Democracy

    July 23, 2002

    Never before have we had such communications power at our disposal. The corresponding danger, of course, is that we've never had so much to lose.

2001

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RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 11/10/08
This week, what it all meant. Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on Barack Obama's victory and the coming battle for progressive change we can believe in. (13mb mp3)

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