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07/16/2025
Dems Strike Back on Paramount-Trump Settlement
When Paramount Global announced its plans earlier this month to settle President Trump’s “60 Minutes” lawsuit Sen. Elizabeth Warren vowed to introduce legislation to “rein in corruption.” On Wednesday, Warren did just that.
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07/16/2025
Markey, Schumer Ask FCC to ‘Stop Partisan Games’
Senators Ed Markey and Chuck Schumer sent a letter to FCC Chair Brendan Carr Wednesday urging him to stop the investigation of a “60 Minutes” segment, calling it “an outrageous abuse of the Commission’s enforcement powers.”
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07/16/2025
Effros: The Rate of Change
So we’re back where we were with rate of return regulation: an incentive to spend more. There’s just not much rate of change in our regulatory thinking.
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07/16/2025
altafiber Says It’s Lost 12 Customers Over NewsNation Blackout
The back-and-forth continues between altafiber and Nexstar, with the provider telling the FCC this week that Nexstar’s rebuttal of its retransmission complaint is a mischaracterization of facts, and it has the receipts to prove that customers don’t care about its NewsNation cable network.
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07/16/2025
FCC’s Busy Summer
The FCC’s July open meeting is set to include several items that are part of Chairman Brendan Carr’s Build America initiative, but there is plenty more on tap for August.
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07/15/2025
BEAD Tweaks Leave Rate Regulation Bills in Uncertainty
As several states weigh bills that would mandate low-income broadband offerings from ISPs, the recent changes to NTIA’s $42.5 billion BEAD program have prompted legislators to reassess their approach in closing the digital divide.