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Amy Maclean
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03/04/2026
ACA Connects: Hopeful, But Realistic About Cable Act Rewrite
When ACA Connects plans its annual Hill lobbying day, it never knows what it might be facing.
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02/27/2026
FCC Gives Charter-Cox Merger Green Light
We’re closer to a Cox-Charter union, with the FCC giving its blessing to Charter’s $34.5 billion acquisition of Cox Communications.
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02/24/2026
DirecTV: Media Consolidation Hurts—Not Helps—Local News
Advocates of relaxing media ownership rules argue that doing so would strengthen local journalism, but DirecTV claims the opposite—and it has receipts.
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02/20/2026
America 250: FCC Asks Broadcasters to Take Patriotic Programming Pledge
FCC Chair Brendan Carr unveiled the “Pledge America” campaign, which urges broadcasters to voluntarily commit to airing “patriotic, pro-America programming” in support of the country’s 250th birthday—even though many already are.
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02/13/2026
NCTA Chief Gardner’s Not-So-Subtle Plea
With a few months under his belt as NCTA President/CEO, we’re getting a bit of a feel for Cory Gardner’s leadership style.
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