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50 years of "Sesame Street" diversity (Axios)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/12/2019 - 13:39FCC Finds for AT&T in Retransmission Negotiation Complaint
The Federal Communications Commission has upheld an AT&T complaint against a number of TV station groups for failure to negotiate retransmission consent in good faith, a move pay-TV operators are hoping adds fuel to their argument for renewal of the satellite compulsory license law that includes that good faith mandate. The FCC didn't fine the stations, but left that big stick in sight, saying it reserved the right to take future enforcement actions, including potential fines or forfeitures (likely levied if the stations did not negotiate in good faith going forward). The complaints wer
In the Trump era, Oracle holds tech sway (Axios)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 18:06Zuckerberg’s power to hurt President Trump
Top Republicans are privately worried about a new threat to President Trump’s campaign: the possibility of Facebook pulling a Twitter and banning political ads. Facebook says it won't, but future regulatory pressure could change that.
President Trump rules social media, crushes 2020 Democrats (Axios)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 11/04/2019 - 09:21The sovereign state of Facebook (Axios)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 11/01/2019 - 11:24Chasing huge subscriber goals, streamers give it away for free (Axios)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/29/2019 - 11:10Tech opens wallets to news ahead of 2020 (Axios)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/29/2019 - 11:10House bill would mandate public auction of 5G airwaves
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers dropped a bill directing the Federal Communications Commission to hold a public auction of coveted midband airwaves. The Clearing Broad Airwaves for New Deployment (C-BAND) Act is led by House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA), Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH), and Rep Greg Gianforte (R-MT).