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Is Newsmax's Chris Ruddy Any Match for Nexstar's Perry Sook?
The FCC 'lacks authority and a compelling reason to change the rule,' Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy said in an FCC filing yesterday.
Ted Hearn
Ted Hearn is Managing Editor for Broadband Breakfast. He is also Editor and Publisher of Policyband, a website dedicated to comprehensive coverage of the broadband communications market.
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Is Elon Musk Ready to Go to War with His Third GOP Governor over BEAD?
The results in West Virginia tracked with recent BEAD awards in Virginia under GOP Gov. Glen Youngkin.
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Nexstar CEO Sook: $6.2 Billion TEGNA Deal Avoids ‘Chatbot’ Journalism
Nexstar CEO Perry Sook framed the $22 per share transaction as a critical step that will give TV stations committed to local journalism.
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Contrite Fund Manager Admits Not Seeing Cable One Train Wreck Coming
Nexstar Media Group and TEGNA announced Tuesday a definitive agreement for Nexstar to acquire all outstanding shares of TEGNA in a $6.2 billion cash transaction.
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Top Charter Executives Sued Over ACP Shutdown Financial Guidance
The suit alleged securities law violations stemming from company guidance about the financial impact of the shutdown of ACP.
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Special Report: 5 Questions for Shentel President and CEO Christopher French
Fiber ISP leader stepping down after 37 years in charge amid rapid industry change.
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Arielle Roth's First Headache− Call It the Musk Migraine
Musk – in a dispute that Roth might have to broker – argued that Virginia short-changed his Starlink satellite Internet service in violation of BEAD rules.
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Major WOW! Shareholder Has Issues with Sale to Crestview, DigitalBridge
LB Partners has claimed for more than a year that WOW! is worth at least $10 per share and not the $5.20 per share agreed upon.
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Does WOW! Buyout Have a DEI Problem at the FCC?
The deal requires FCC approval – and that could be a bumpy ride because WOW! has made a strong commitment to DEI, including an award-winning DEI Ambassador Team.
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NAB, CTIA Wrote D.C. Mayor in 2024 About ‘Horrifying’ Violence. Trump Just Replied
In December 2023, just before a Thursday lunch hour, four people were shot – two fatally – in a gun battle that occurred only a short walk from NAB’s front door at M Street in Southeast D.C.
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Nexstar, Gray Media Try Glass-Steagall Repeal Strategy to Gain FCC Merger Approvals
Gray has announced three deals that technically violate FCC rules that ban the common ownership of two or more Top 4 stations in a market.
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Gomez Joins 'Starlink is Nice … But' Caucus
LEO and fixed wireless 'are capacity-limited, and are not the silver bullet to close the digital divide. On the other hand, fiber service has more upfront," Gomez said.
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Nexstar’s TV Industry Forecast – Cloudy with a Chance of Extinction
'Without immediate regulatory relief, local broadcasting companies will cease to exist, taking jobs with them... and signaling the end of trusted local journalism.'
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Fox O&O Stations Demand Regulatory Parity from Carr’s FCC
President Trump yesterday issued an Executive Order naming FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to serve on the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Free State Foundation Says Loper Bright a Barrier to Lifting 39% TV Cap
'The record is clear that the Commission has statutory authority to repeal the national TV ownership rule in its entirety,' NAB said.
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Buckeye Broadband Puts Disney on Ice, Drops ESPN Ahead of New App Rollout
USTelecom pointed to a number of states and some of their subdivisions that are slowing or stopping broadband deployment because of permitting.
