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12/17/2025
FCC Chair Says Agency No Longer Independent
A lot is going to be made about the fireworks coming out of Wednesday’s Senate Commerce hearing over the broadcast public interest standard and the Jimmy Kimmel saga, but those with business in front of the FCC may want to pay closer attention to Chairman Brendan Carr’s responses on whether it’s an independent agency.
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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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07/10/2025
Paramount-Skydance Watch
As we wait for regulatory movement on the $8 billion Skydance-Paramount Global merger, Democrats are making noise that they want the full FCC to vote on the deal.
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06/30/2025
Big Bill Watch and Wait
As we wait for the outcome of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” there’s plenty of fretting over a newly brokered AI moratorium on states’ ability to regulate AI.
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05/06/2025
Undoing E-Rate WiFi Hotspots
The Senate is about to undo former FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel’s rule allowing schools and libraries to use E-Rate funding to loan WiFi hotspots to students and educators.
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03/27/2025
Roth Responds to Questioning on BEAD
Senate Commerce hosted the nomination hearing of Arielle Roth, up for NTIA Administrator, and the gathering, for the most part, centered on her thoughts on BEAD reform.