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02/26/2026
Nexstar, Scripps, Sinclair Express Regulatory Optimism
With FCC Chair Brendan Carr seemingly in support of changing the broadcast rulebook and allowing more consolidation to happen, broadcasters are feeling great about the regulatory environment.
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02/25/2026
FCC Takes a Swing at the State of Sports Broadcasting
The FCC wants to take a closer look at the existing live sports marketplace and how consumers—as well as local broadcast stations—are being impacted by it.
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02/25/2026
FCC Fine Focus
With the U.S. Supreme Court to review the FCC’s authority on imposing civil fines on April 21, the amicus briefs are flowing.
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02/24/2026
DirecTV: Media Consolidation Hurts—Not Helps—Local News
Advocates of relaxing media ownership rules frequently argue that doing so would strengthen local journalism, but DirecTV claims the opposite is true and it has the receipts.
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02/24/2026
Blumenthal Probing FCC
Forget FCC Chair Brendan Carr. Sen Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is going straight to the Media and Enforcement Bureau chiefs for answers on what he called “the weaponization” of the equal time rule.
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02/23/2026
Altafiber Continues Push for Social Contracts
Given Brendan Carr’s recent comments supporting the $6.2 billion Nexstar-Tegna merger, some are feeling that a decision in the FCC’s review of the matter could be imminent.