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Verizon Ends Diversity Initiatives Under Pressure From FCC
As it seeks the Trump administration’s approval to acquire Frontier Communications, Verizon said it would drop DEI programs.
FCC commissioner rips a “weaponized” agency punishing news outlets Trump dislikes
The Democratic commissioner tore into the panel’s recent actions under its new chairman, without naming him, saying the ...
FCC threatens EchoStar licenses for spectrum that SpaceX wants to use
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has threatened to revoke EchoStar licenses for radio frequency bands ...
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FCC orders review into EchoStar's usage of 5G and sat licenses
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has told EchoStar that it plans to investigate EchoStar's use of 5G spectrum as ...
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FCC Chairman Suggests CBS News Could Lose Its Broadcast License Over Kamala Harris Interview as ‘60 Minutes’ Keeps Attacking Trump
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, says the comment is not meant as a ‘threat.’ ...
Brendan Carr Is Turning the FCC Into MAGA’s Censoring Machine
In the practiced government kabuki of these events, commissioners spoke, proposals were voted on unanimously, and chairman ...
‘60 Minutes’ probe is ‘penalty,’ not ‘threat,’ per FCC chair
Brendan Carr, the top communications regulator ... Vice President Kamala Harris a “penalty that’s in the Communications Act.” ...
Paramount, Skydance must scrap DEI to pass FCC’s ‘public interest’ litmus test: sources
Getting rid of so-called DEI will be a prerequisite for any media deal that needs FCC approval, sources tell On The Money.
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FCC’s Carr Calls Station Ownership Caps ‘Arcane’ and ‘Artificial‘
WASHINGTON —During a lengthy interview at the Milken Institute, Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr provided ...
FCC Chief Brendan Carr Vows to ‘Constrain' the Power of National Networks and Reform ‘Arcane Artificial Limits' on TV Station Ownership
FCC chairman Brendan Carr has already got Hollywood in a lather over his aggressive pursuit of specious complaints involving ...
Reconciliation would auction 600 megahertz of federal spectrum
Proponents say spectrum auctions would facilitate private sector competition in the telecommunications industry.
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FCC chairman suggests ‘massive deregulation effort’ will lead to more mergers
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr predicted that deregulation in his department will be a “big part of the legacy of the second Trump administration.” Carr began an ...