FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is now publicly arguing that ABC’s long-running daytime talk show The View should be held to equal time standards if the network intends to continue classifying the program as a legitimate news or public affairs broadcast. The comments come amid an increasingly heated battle between the FCC and The Walt Disney Company […]
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The only Democratic commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission is warning Disney that the Trump administration is trying to censor ABC.
On Monday, Anna Gomez sent a letter to Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro warning that the TV network is under a “sustained, coordinated campaign of censorship and control” from the White House, _The Wall Street Journal_ reports. She added that FCC Commissioner…
The sole Democrat on the FCC is calling on the agency to investigate and examine foreign investment in Paramount’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount has disclosed that total foreign ownership of the combined company would be 49.5%, including 38.5% from investment funds from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Paramount has petitioned the […]
The Federal Communications Commission has officially ordered an accelerated review of broadcast licenses held by The Walt Disney Company, marking a dramatic escalation in scrutiny of the company’s operations years ahead of schedule. The move, centered on Disney-owned ABC stations, is tied directly to concerns over the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, and raises […]
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Anna Gomez, the sole Democrat on the FCC, chided the agency for launching an early review of ABC stations’ broadcast licenses, calling it a politically motivated attempt to stifle speech. Earlier on Tuesday, the FCC under Chairman Brendan Carr ordered an early license renewal process for eight stations owned by ABC, citing an investigation into […]
A federal judge just put a halt to Nexstar’s proposed $6.2 billion merger with Tegna, putting in doubt the combination of the companies to create a broadcast station giant – at least for now With just a few hours to go on the current TRO, U.S. District Judge Troy Nunley issued a preliminary injunction Friday, […]
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission requested transcripts of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show performance from Comcast’s CMCSA.O NBC after a Republican lawmaker suggested it could violate federal indecency regulations, a member of the commission said Wednesday. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said she reviewed the transcripts of the performance that was largely in Spanish after she…