Tune in Now to Freepress.net's Media Summit

Right NOW through 5:45 PM EST, in Washington DC, activists, watchdogs and journalists are gathered for Freepress.net's inaugural Media Summit happening at the Newseum. Topics on the agenda include the digital divide, net neutrality, the shrinking newsstand, new business models, the absence of a national broadband policy...fun fact just delivered by Obama economic advisor Susan Crawford: in Japan 150 MBPS broadband costs 60 bucks. Good luck finding that here in the U.S. Why? That's a good question, just one of many that will be asked today. TUNE IN for the live webcast. Also, be sure to download your free copy of "Changing Media" as well as activist tools as we endeavor to remedy what one panelist just called the "100-year accident of centralized publishing..." And thanks to journalist Ray Suarez for pointing out "the difference between delivery and access" and what our government's role in this should be. This question remains unanswered, as does the age-old question of how and why telecommunications companies enjoy a bizarre business model which allows them to profit so greatly from tax-payer infrastructure and publicly-owned airwaves without paying a fair price when the Fed holds auctions and when local public access centers negotiate for greater citizens' access...FULL DISCLOSURE: I am not connected with Freepress.net, but I think you should watch and participate in this summit as well as the post-summit follow-through. YOUR voice is needed.