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Tegna Stock Rockets On Nexstar Merger Talks; FCC Appears Set To Ease Local TV Rules In Order To Smooth Deal's Path

Shares in local TV giant Tegna surged nearly 30% in mid-day trading Monday on news that leading station owner Nexstar is in ...
The New York Sun7d

FCC’s Brendan Carr Says Late-Night TV Is Dying Because Stephen Colbert, Others Have Gone From ‘Court Jesters’ to Anti-Trump ‘Court Clerics’

They stopped going for joke lines and laugh lines and they started going for applause lines,’ the FCC chairman says.
Axios on MSN12h

Sinclair may sell off its local TV stations

Sinclair has launched a strategic review of its broadcast business, which includes 178 television stations in 81 markets. Why ...
Radio World6d

FCC Chair Brendan Carr Pushes Back in Letters to Lawmakers

Following an investigation launched by U.S House representatives, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has defended his actions in a ...

Brendan Carr declares victory over the First Amendment

Turns out a new Fairness Doctrine is just fine under Trump’s FCC.

FCC seeks to shift power from national programmers to local broadcasters in public interest push

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr proposes shifting media influence from national networks like ABC, CBS, and NBC back to local ...
Independent Journal Review5d

FCC Chair Brendan Carr Tells DISH Network To Nix DEI Policies Or Face The Music

Chairman Brendan Carr warned satellite television company DISH Network L.L.C. (“DISH”) that noncompliance with the agency’s ...
The New York Sun14d

‘Press Freedom’ Organization Goes After FCC Chairman, Brendan Carr, for His Efforts To Challenge Liberal Media Bias, Demands He Be Disbarred

The Freedom of the Press Foundation — a controversial group best known for its alliance with Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks — ...

FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s meddling in broadcast journalism contradicts his own avowed views

As a minority FCC member during the Bush administration, Carr condemned government interference with newsroom decisions.
Radio & Television Business Report14d

Press Freedom Group Seeks To Disbar Carr For Political Moves

It is a group dedicated to protecting journalists and their sources, and in March made it clear that Brendan Carr's decision to investigate "news distortion" claims at the FCC made against CBS News ...