The FCC just repealed a 42-year-old rule blocking broadcast media mergers – Beware undisclosed influence on local news

Federal regulators rolled back decades-old rules on Thursday, making it far easier for media outlets to be bought and sold — potentially leading to more newspapers, radio stations and television broadcasters being owned by a handful of companies.

A major beneficiary of the deregulatory moves, analysts say, is Sinclair, a conservative broadcasting company that is seeking to buy up Tribune Media for $3.9 billion.

By Brian Fung

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/16/the-fcc-just-repealed-decades-old-rules-blocking-broadcast-media-mergers/?utm_term=.770a2e3eaab9

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Beware undisclosed influence on local news http://www.matr.net/article-78286.html

Montana Voices: Sinclair brings conservative bias to state’s TV stations http://www.matr.net/article-77978.html

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This Sinclair-Tribune Merger Is a Rotten Deal for America http://www.matr.net/article-78728.html

Sinclair Broadcast Group – How a Conservative TV Giant Is Ridding Itself of Regulation http://www.matr.net/article-78399.html

How Trump’s FCC aided Sinclair’s expansion http://www.matr.net/article-78342.html