Tribune Media has filed a lawsuit against Sinclair Broadcast Group and bailed out of the long-pending sale agreement in the face of opposition from the FCC.
In a huge win for everyone concerned about the devastating effects of corporate consolidation, Tribune announced it’s terminating its proposed merger with Sinclair.
An investigation carried out by the FCC’s own inspector general officially refutes controversial claims that a cyberattack was responsible for disrupting the agency’s comment system in May 2017.
The alleged cyberattack that briefly overwhelmed the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System in early May 2017 was actually a deluge of public comments.
With conservative local-TV behemoth Sinclair Broadcast Group’s unprecedented expansion plan now in sudden peril, advocates are warning that the fight for local news is far from over.
Lawmakers have responded to a crisis in local news coverage by dedicating public money to fund journalism in what is believed to be the first effort of its kind.