by Cheryl Leanza | May 1, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Concentration, Media Diversity
We are reaping the fruit of the industry’s cowardice. For more than a year, most major media companies have stood by or aggressively acquiesced as President Trump and FCC Chair Brendan Carr pressured them through lawsuits and baseless investigations. Radio coverage of...
by Cheryl Leanza | Apr 23, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Concentration, Media Diversity
UCC Media Justice is no stranger to standing up for accountability and localism in our media. Today, we are celebrating our allies in this fight: eight attorneys general and the company DirecTV, who secured a longer-lasting freeze on the Nextar/TEGNA merger. Chief...
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 | Feb 5, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, FCC Accountability, Featured, Media Concentration
As we start 2026, UCC Media Justice continues its long legacy of ensuring that local TV broadcasters serve their communities by joining with our allies to oppose the Nexstar/TEGNA merger. At a time when local and reliable sources of news and information are more...
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....
