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 [...]

By Scott Nover, washingtonpost.com, 12-4-25 The New York Times sued the Defense Department over its press policy prohibiting journalists from soliciting any information not explicitly authorized for release by the government. In a complaint filed Thursday morning (Dec. 4) in federal district court in Washington, the Times alleged that the press rules violated the [...]

By Dominic Patten, Deadline.com, 11-28-25 The White House has taken its displeasure with the media online, launching a new page on its website Nov. 28 that features the “Media Offender of the Week.” Promising to chronicle a “record of the media’s false and misleading stories flagged by The White House,” the page also offers [...]

By Naomi Nix, washingtonpost.com, 11-18-25 A federal judge has rejected the Federal Trade Commission’s effort to force Meta to divest its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, saying the government hadn’t made its case that the Facebook owner is an illegal monopoly. In his ruling Nov. 18, U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg in D.C. [...]

By Scott Nover, washingtonpost.com, 11-13-25 Seven former members of the Federal Communications Commission are petitioning the agency to repeal its policy prohibiting broadcasters from distorting the news, arguing that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has improperly wielded it to counter material critical of President Donald Trump. The group, composed of former commissioners and chairmen appointed [...]

By George Winslow, tvtechnology.com, 10-28-25 Despite the government shutdown, the Federal Communications Commission has passed, with some revisions, a previously announced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that the agency believes will accelerate the nation’s ongoing transition to NextGen TV aka ATSC 3.0. Commissioners unanimously approved the NPRM. It continues the agency’s longstanding market-driven, voluntary approach, [...]

By Drew Harwell, washingtonpost.com, 9-15-25 President Donald Trump said Sept. 15 that the United States and China have reached a deal over TikTok that would mark a shift in ownership for the wildly popular video app and avoid its nationwide ban. Trump said he would speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday, adding [...]

By George Winslow, TV Tech, 9-2-25 The Federal Communications Commission has issued a Public Notice that the agency hopes will accelerate the transition to NextGen TV, aka ATSC 3.0, and encourage more broadcasters to expand the reach of 3.0 broadcasts and services. While the Public Notice clarifies some rules in ways the agency believes will [...]

By Eva Dou, washingtonpost.com, 9-2-25 A federal judge Sept. 2 ordered Google to halt its multibillion-dollar exclusivity contracts to promote its search engine and to share some data with competitors to resolve a high-profile monopoly case, but he rejected the Justice Department’s request to break up the company. The ruling means Google has averted [...]

By George Winslow, TV Tech, 8-21-25 The Federal Communications Commission is once again pressing the delete button as part of its “Delete, Delete, Delete” regulatory initiative to remove what the agency has deemed to be obsolete and unnecessary rules. More specifically the agency’s Media Bureau has moved to remove from the agency’s Part 76 regulations [...]