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Antitrust Lawyers at Kressin Powers Urge Federal Regulators to Kill Nexstar-TEGNA Merger

NAB responds: "Claims of broadcaster ‘concentration’ do not match the facts: the three largest station groups represent little more than a third of local stations.’

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AT&T Gets FCC OK to Buy Wireless Licenses from UScellular – One Day after Purging DEI from the Company

AT&T is awaiting FCC approval to purchase $23 billion in spectrum from EchoStar

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AT&T Drops DEI Policies with $23 Billion Spectrum Deal Needing FCC Approval

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr posted the AT&T news on his X feed after past warnings that deal approvals would run into trouble for firms with DEI commitments

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FCC Opens Review of Nexstar-TEGNA Merger Amid 39% Cap Controversy

Nexstar is seeking a waiver not just from the 39% cap, but also from a rule that would disallow common ownership of three TV stations each in 23 different local markets

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SCOTUS Expected to Say When ISPs Need to Cut Off Broadband Customers Stealing Music

Billions in Fines Possible if ISPs Fail to Disconnect Infringing Subscribers after Receiving Notice from Copyright Holders

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‘Nexstar Wins and Ruddy Loses,’ New Street Analyst Claims

Blair Levin thinks Nexstar-TEGNA will get approved if NBC and ABC can’t go on TV station buying spree.

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Nexstar Points to Common Ground with Trump on 39% Cap

Texas-based TV Station Owner Looking to Merge with TEGNA Opposes 'Stranglehold of Legacy Media and Big Tech’

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Trump Joins the 39% Fight, Opposes FCC Lifting TV Cap If It Helps 'Radical Left Networks' Like ABC, NBC

NAB Issues Statement Backing FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's Effort to Empower Local Stations, Claims Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy Is Running 'Misleading Campaign' to Keep TV Stations Pinned Down by 39% Cap

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Gomez Says FCC Can't Lift 39% Cap Standing in the Way of Nexstar-TEGNA Merger

"We don’t waive statutes," Gomez told reporters Thursday at FCC headquarters.

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NAB Says Big Tech Waging War on Thanksgiving Traditions Like Free NFL Games

You can’t spell Netflix without NFL,” the streaming giant said.

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NTIA Approves BEAD Money for 15 States. Will Elon Sue to Steer More Locations to Starlink?

Musk Warned Virginia, Louisiana They Needed to Give LEOs Bigger Piece of the BEAD Pie

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Commissioner Melissa Holyoak Leaves FTC to be Interim U.S. Attorney in Utah

Supreme Court to hear fired FTC Democrat Rebecca Slaughter's case on Dec. 8

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Rep. Issa Raises Antitrust Issues with Netflix Buying WBD Studio Assets, HBO Max

Issa's Interference Could Harm WBD CEO Zaslav's Effort to Fetch Top Dollar

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Key Carr Ally Backs Charter-Cox Deal After Finding No 'Invidious' DEI Concerns

CAR President Daniel Suhr also endorsed Charter’s investment in rural communities, saying the ISP is deploying broadband ‘within a broad vision for socially responsible corporate engagement.’

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New York under Hochul Wasting Taxpayer Millions on Connecting Served Broadband Locations, Analysts Say

Michael Santorelli and Alex Karras at New York Law School also suggest NTIA might withhold BEAD funds until New York repeals its broadband rate-regulation law

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Key Banc Analyst – ‘There Are Reasons to Believe Cable is Permanently Impaired’

Analyst Brandon Nispel Says Cable Broadband’s Position Will Continue to Erode as a Result of Fiber and Fixed Wireless Access Competition Nationally