Unlikely Allies CPAC, CWA, Free Press and Newsmax Oppose Killing TV Ownership Cap

Big Broadcasters Plan For A Trump TV Takeover

News broadcast giants that have curried favor with President Donald Trump and disseminated right-wing talking points are now urging the administration to eliminate rules holding back their monopolization of local and national TV stations, under the guise of competition with Big Tech companies, according to documents reviewed by The Lever. Amid a multimillion-dollar lobbying and media blitz on the matter, the companies could find an ally in the c…

Unlikely Allies CPAC, CWA, Free Press and Newsmax Oppose Killing TV Ownership Cap

Broadcasters called for the FCC to save their industry by immediately eliminating the national TV ownership cap in comments filed in docket 17-318 by Monday's deadline. Meanwhile, MVPD groups, labor unions, public interest groups and conservative entities Newsmax and the...