By Scott Nover, washingtonpost.com, 4-28-26 The Federal Communications Commission ordered a review of Disney’s broadcast licenses for local ABC stations following a new spate of criticism from President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump about the network’s late-night comedy host Jimmy Kimmel. The FCC released the order on Tuesday afternoon (April 28) saying [...]
By Dak Dillon, NewscastStudio.com, 4-8-26 The Federal Communications Commission has issued a public notice requesting data, comment and analysis from industry stakeholders to inform its 2026 Communications Marketplace Report to Congress. The biennial report, required under the RAY BAUM’S Act of 2018, assesses the state of competition across voice, video, audio, and data services. [...]
By Scott Nover, washingtonpost.com, 3-31-26 A federal judge in Washington struck down part of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting funding for NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on March 31, ruling that it was unconstitutional retaliation that violated their press freedom rights under the First Amendment. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss, a Barack [...]
By Elizabeth Schulze and Mason Leib, abcnews.com, 3-25-26 In a landmark decision March 25, a jury found Meta and YouTube negligent for designing apps that harmed kids and teens and failed to warn them about the dangers. The jury awarded compensatory damages in the amount of $3 million. The jury also found punitive damages [...]
By Julian Mark, washingtonpost.com, 3-25-26 The Supreme Court ruled March 25 that internet service providers are generally not responsible for the illegal distribution and downloading of music on their services, a blow to the music recording industry’s efforts to curb online piracy. The unanimous decision means that Cox Communications will probably not have to [...]
By InsideRadio.com, 3-27-26 The Federal Communications Commission has adopted another round of rule changes aimed at streamlining broadcast regulation, moving forward with most of the revisions proposed under Chairman Brendan Carr’s “Delete, Delete, Delete” initiative – while pulling back on one of the more closely watched proposals involving low-power FM application processing. Carr says the [...]
By Ian Duncan, washingtonpost.com, 3-24-26 A jury in New Mexico sided with the state attorney general’s office in a landmark case accusing social media giant Meta of allowing its platforms to become venues for child predators to solicit young users. The jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million for violations of the state’s consumer [...]
By Steven Portnoy, abcnews.com, 3-20-26 A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has struck down the Pentagon’s press access policy, finding it violates the First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ruled late on March 20 in favor of The New York Times, which brought a lawsuit challenging the policy. [...]
By Scott Nover, washingtonpost.com, 3-17-26 A federal judge ruled March 17 that the wind-down of operations at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, VOA’s parent, is unlawful and ordered the agency to bring more than 1,000 employees back to work. U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled that the near-total shutdown of USAGM, which oversees [...]
By George Winslow, TVTechnology.com, 3-16-26 In a strongly worded response to threats by President Trump and Federal Communication Commission Chair Brendan Carr to yank broadcast licenses from stations who have aired “fake news” critical of the administration as part of their coverage of the war with Iran, FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez issued the [...]