Of Course the FCC Is Abusing Its Power over Broadcasting
It has done so before, and so long as it retains its power, it will do it again. Source link
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FCC Chair Takes Victory Lap After Muzzling Kimmel
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr—who just a few years ago was waxing poetic about how political satire is the “oldest and most important form of free speech”—is now…
FCC Chairman Urges Google to ‘Get a Deal Done’ to Keep Fox Channels on YouTube TV; Agency Has No Authority to Intervene in Dispute
Brendan Carr, the pro-Trump chairman of the FCC, weighed in on the carriage fight between Google’s YouTube TV and Fox Corp. — which threatens to pull Fox News and other networks off the…
Nexstar to buy Tegna for US$3.5 billion in bet on FCC reforms
Nexstar Media Group agreed to buy TV station operator Tegna for US$3.5 billion in a deal that stands to dramatically expand Nexstar’s reach and test the Trump administration’s appetite for…
Brendan Carr’s FCC Eyes Trump’s Media Foes
Sooner or later, Republicans will learn to regret the precedents they’re enabling today. Source link
The Paramount-Skydance merger, worth $8 billion, has been approved the FCC
The $8.4 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media won approval from U.S. regulators on Thursday, clearing the way for a sale that evolved into a clash over press freedom…
LISTEN: Skydance Media Offers Olive Branches to FCC; Why Steve Stoute is Variety’s Music Mogul of the Year
Skydance Media offered olive branches to the Federal Communications Commission in order to secure approval for its $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global, and those overtures achieved…
FCC Chief Brendan Carr Vows to ‘Constrain’ the Power of National Networks and Reform ‘Arcane Artificial Limits’ on TV Station Ownership
FCC chairman Brendan Carr has already got Hollywood in a lather over his aggressive pursuit of specious complaints involving the editorial content of “60 Minutes,” NPR, PBS and other major…
Brendan Carr Is Turning the FCC Into MAGA’s Censoring Machine
The formal agenda of the Federal Communications Commission's open meeting this week seemed well in line with its normal wonky pursuits. There were items on satellite broadband, a licensing…
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Takes Aim at Comcast Over Coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr took aim at CNN and MSNBC, deeming their coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation “news distortion.” On Wednesday, Carr took to X to share his thoughts…
Trump Says He’s ‘Honored’ to Be Suing ‘60 Minutes’ and CBS in Latest Truth Social Rant, Urges FCC to ‘Impose Maximum Fines and Punishment’
President Donald Trump has once again slammed “60 Minutes” and CBS in a rant on Truth Social amid his $20 billion lawsuit over the news program’s pre-election interview with Kamala Harris.…
Contributor: The Trump administration schooled Europe on free speech. Why ignore the lesson at home?
Vice President JD Vance’s wise words to Europe about U.S. commitments to free speech are on a collision course with some of what’s happening stateside. The Federal Communications…
FCC Probes iHeartMedia Following Accusations of Payola Law Violations
The Federal Communications Commission has warned radio station owners that it is cracking down on what it describes as “payola” practices. In a letter sent Monday to iHeartMedia CEO Robert…
Federal court decision won't change California net neutrality law
Despite the dismantling of the Federal Communications Commission’s efforts to regulate broadband internet service, state laws in California, New York and elsewhere remain intact. This…
FCC's net neutrality rules struck down, in another blow to Biden administration
A federal appeals court on Thursday dealt a blow to President Biden’s Federal Communications Commission, striking down the agency’s hard-fought and long-debated open internet rules. The…