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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
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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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
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High Times in Wisconsin – Democrats Running for Governor Support Taxing Weed to Fund Broadband Projects
Candidates Look to Sin Taxes to Accelerate Broadband Deployment. Will the Republican-controlled Legislature in Madison Go Along?
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Astound to Name New CEO Early Next Year, While Cable One CEO Search Drags On
Astound CEO Jim Holanda Stepping Aside for New Leader in Early 2026. Meanwhile, Cable One Reports 'Significant Progress' in CEO Search as ISP Reels from Broadband Sub Losses
