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FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Roots For Election To Help Break 2-2 Tie On Commission
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel hopes the outcome of the 2022 midterm elections will help break the longstanding 2-2 tie on the regulatory commission, but she also defended the body’s deadlocked body’s record during her leadership. “We’ve turned the noise down, and turned up the number of things we’re getting done,” she said, alluding to the commission’s profile under her predecessor as chair, Ajit Pai. At the behest of former President Trump, Pai spearheaded a series of dramatic rollbacks of longstanding media rules when the five-member commission tilted 3-
Streaming In January Jumped 12 Percent From December To Record Share Of Viewing (Deadline)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 02/18/2022 - 12:26FCC Nominee Gigi Sohn Gets An Unexpected Ally: One America News Network’s President (Deadline)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 11/12/2021 - 06:40Supreme Court Hears FCC Case For Looser Media Ownership Regulations
The Supreme Court waded into a two-decade long debate over the extent to which the Federal Communications Commission can relax media ownership rules. At stake are recent FCC moves toward deregulation, allowing the common ownership of a newspaper and broadcast stations in the same market, as well as giving more leeway for media companies to own more than one TV and radio outlet in the same city.
Amazon Fire TV Adds Local News In 12 U.S. Cities, With 90 More Coming In 2021 (Deadline)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 12/07/2020 - 11:47What’s In Store For The Entertainment Industry With A Joe Biden-Kamala Harris Administration (Deadline)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 11/13/2020 - 12:28YouTube Confirms It Will Stream Its Original Shows For Free, With Ads (Deadline)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 05/03/2019 - 09:58UFC-DirecTV Fight Is Cited By DOJ’s Makan Delrahim As Proof He Was Right To Target AT&T-Time Warner Deal (Deadline)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 04/11/2019 - 11:05FCC Chairman Rejects Senators’ Request To Review Sinclair’s Broadcast License
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai immediately shot down a request to investigate Sinclair Broadcasting Group for distorting the news, and to pause the review of Sinclair's pending acquisition of Tribune Media. Chairman Pai said the FCC doesn’t have the authority to revoke licenses based on the content of newscasts.