The FCC missed its big chance to diversify media ownership; it’s not too late to change course.
In 2020, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued a report entitled: “The Abysmal State of Media Ownership…
The FCC’s Media Diversity Problem
The lack of diversity in the media has persisted for far too long. Women and people of color who choose…
The FCC’s Quiet Power Grab
In February 2022, investment firm Standard General announced its $8.6 billion acquisition of Tegna Inc., the owner of 64 television…
FCC Media Bureau Denies Due Process, Turns Its Back on Local Broadcast News
Following nearly a year-long review, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Media Bureau recently announced that it would refer a proposed transaction between…
The FCC’s unprecedented attempt to block diversity in media ownership
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC), by its own admission, oversees a severe lack of diversity in broadcast television ownership —…
Deal That Could Increase Minority Media Ownership Hits ‘Brick Wall’
A major acquisition that civil rights leaders and advocates for Black-owned media had hoped would increase media ownership, opportunity, and…
NAACP Official Slams FCC’s Tegna Deal Hearing Designation
Former national president Hazel Dukes says regulatory review is flawed and biased Hazel Dukes, president of the NAACP New York…
Tegna and Standard General Must Challenge FCC
The American economy is stronger, and consumers benefit, when assets are put to their best use. In a free and…
FCC’s Standard General-Tegna Merger Designation Could Prompt Constitutional Challenge
There are definite rumblings inside the Beltway that the current FCC may have teed up a constitutional challenge to the…
FCC’s Blow To Standard General-Tegna Deal Is Runaway Regulation
Former FCC Chairman Mark Fowler on the commission ordering a Media Bureau formal hearing on the Standard General-Tegna merger: “The…
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