FCC scraps media rules preventing one company from dominating local news
Federal Communications Commission chair Ajit Pai, seen here on Capitol Hill on June 20, 2017, argued newly discarded media ownership rules were relics of another era: REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/ The Federal Communications Commission has voted to scrap rules that prohibited companies from owning multiple news sources in a single region. Commissioners moved to eliminate the rules on a 3-2 vote, overriding objections that the move would clear the way for greater consolidation in a industry that is increasingly dominated by a handful of large ...
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