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Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s former campaign chief and strategist, could take on an even more high-profile role just as the broadcast industry goes through far-reaching changes the new administration largely brought about.

Progressive media watchdog groups, Rupert Murdoch and conservative news outlets all want to stop a merger between the Sinclair Broadcast Group and Tribune Media.

After New Jersey sold its public television licenses for $332 million, the Senate and Assembly majority leaders proposed establishing a fund that would pay for journalistic initiatives and civic-information programs through partnerships with state universities. The state would put $20 million a year for five years into the fund.

The fiery conservative Sinclair Broadcast Group is taking over local TV all over the country. The FCC just gave it a bigger green light.

If a planned sale of the station — along with dozens of other TV outlets from coast to coast — to the Sinclair Broadcast Group wins approval from federal regulators, PHL17 may become the go-to place on your local remote for pro-Trump curveballs from the “Terrorism Alert Desk” and a blast of commentaries supporting President Trump during the run-up to the 2020 election.

Trump's top telecom regulator is in the process of delivering a major gift to a media organization that has consistently showered the president with positive coverage — by paving the way for a merger that could dramatically increase that company's national reach.

The Sinclair Broadcast Group and the Trump administration’s FCC chief see eye to eye on the need to unleash television. Both are reaping big rewards.

Free Press President and CEO Craig Aaron, Politicos Margaret McGill and the Philadelphia Daily News' Will Bunch discuss how Sinclair's aggressive takeover of Tribune Media wouldn’t have been possible without Donald Trump’s chief at the FCC.

Free Press' Tim Karr discusses how FCC Chairman Ajit Pai changed the ownership rules to allow the right-wing Sinclair Broadcast Group create a monopoly.

The Sinclair Broadcast Group‘s bid to take over Tribune Media would create a behemoth controlling TV stations reaching 72 percent of the country’s households. This might be the preeminent reason to oppose the deal, but it isn’t the only one. We’ll talk through the problems with Craig Aaron, president and CEO of Free Press.