by Sara Cederberg | Apr 8, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Concentration, Media Diversity
We’ve been busy. On March 19, Nexstar closed its $6.2 billion acquisition of TEGNA within 15 minutes of receiving a staff-level FCC approval. No full Commission vote. No public hearing. No review of our detailed 143-page petition to deny. Fifteen minutes. The...
by Sara Cederberg | Mar 23, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Diversity
A lot of people are complaining about FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. We’re doing something about it. Earlier this year, we wrote about why this Nexstar/TEGNA merger is illegal and why it matters. We filed a formal petition to deny the merger with Free Press, Public...
by Cheryl Leanza | Jan 2, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Diversity
Combining two of the largest TV conglomerates into one company is bad for everyone. WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, December 31, a coalition of media-justice groups and labor unions petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to deny the merger of Nexstar Media Inc....
by Cheryl Leanza | Aug 6, 2025 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Media Diversity, Open and Affordable Communications
We have heard from many supporters asking for guidance with respect to recent events facing public media. As followers of UCC Media Justice know from our recent advocacy, Congress voted to cancel the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s (CPB) funding in July. CPB...
by Sara Cederberg | Jun 11, 2025 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Media Diversity, Open and Affordable Communications
Public media has long served as one of the most trusted sources of independent journalism in the United States — providing non-commercial news, educational programming, and local reporting to communities nationwide. Today, that system faces one of the most serious...
by Sara Cederberg | May 19, 2025 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Media Diversity
On Monday, May 19, the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit overturned the Federal Communications Commission’s rules re-establishing its workforce diversity data publication rules in National Religious Broadcasters v. FCC. In response to this ruling,...
