By George Winslow, TVTechnology.com, 2-10-26 During a major Senate hearing on broadcast ownership caps, witnesses and U.S. Senators generally agreed that local journalism faces serious challenges that threaten local communities and the larger democratic system but had widely divergent views on whether the elimination of broadcast ownership rules would address the problem. U.S. Senator Ted [...]
By Cameron Coats, RadioInk.com, 2-9-26 FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty is defending the agency’s sweeping media ownership reforms, echoing the comments of many broadcasters that outdated regulations prevent stations from competing for ad revenue needed to reinvest in local communities. In a fireside chat at The Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings with Senior Fellow Nicole [...]
By Tara Suter, The Hill, 2-8-26 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched a probe into ABC’s “The View” after the program held an interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, according to multiple outlets. Reuters reported Saturday (Feb. 7) that, per a source, the FCC began an investigation on whether “The View” broke rules [...]
FOR RELEASE: January 28, 2026 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Vienna, Va., Jan. 28, 2026 – The Media Institute’s Communications Forum Luncheon Series will launch its 2026 season on Feb. 25 in Washington, D.C. Headlining the season opener will be Arielle Roth, Asst. Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator [...]
FOR RELEASE: January 26, 2026 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Vienna, Va., Jan. 26, 2026 – A paper released by The Media Institute’s initiative “The Madison Project: Free Speech and Press in American Democracy” examines the FCC’s current and future role in American communications from the perspective of FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty. [...]
By Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 1-22-26 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is changing its rules exempting certain late-night and daytime talk shows from being required to provide equal airtime to opposing political candidates. “Importantly, the FCC has not been presented with any evidence that the interview portion of any late night or daytime television [...]
By Perry Stein and Jeremy Roebuck, washingtonpost.com, 1-14-26 The FBI executed a search warrant Wednesday morning, Jan. 14, at a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials. The reporter, Hannah Natanson, was at her home in Virginia at the time of the [...]
FOR RELEASE: January 7, 2026 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8986 Vienna, Va., Jan. 7, 2026 – Richard E. Wiley, who has chaired The Media Institute’s Board of Trustees with distinction for more than 30 years, will step down from that position on Jan. 31, 2026. The Media Institute’s Board of Trustees has [...]
CPB Press Release, 1-5-26 The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress to steward the federal government’s investment in public broadcasting, announced today (Jan. 5) that its Board of Directors has voted to dissolve the organization after 58 years of service to the American public. The decision follows Congress’s rescission [...]
By Joey Cappelletti and Matt Sedensky, APnews.com, 12-17-25 Democratic senators on Dec. 17 hammered the Federal Communications Commission’s leader for pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air, suggesting that Brendan Carr was politicizing an independent agency and trampling the First Amendment. The FCC chairman refused to disown his comments about [...]