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Outgoing FCC Plans One More Favor For Fox

By Free Press

The FCC announced plans late Friday afternoon to make the Fox newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership waiver permanent for the New York City market, where Fox Corp. owns two local television stations and one local newspaper.
Fox’s request would make permanent waivers allowing the company to own WWOR, WNYW and the New York Post despite FCC cross-ownership limits that prohibit one company from controlling this many broadcast and newspaper outlets in a given market.
The outgoing Pai FCC tried to strike down those cross-ownership limits in 2017, but lost on appeal. The case is now before the Supreme Court.

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Posted on November 17, 2020

How To Cut Your TV Costs

By The Citizens Utility Board of Illinois

As part of its efforts to help consumers cut their costs during the pandemic, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) of Illinois has released its 2020 Guide to Cutting Your TV Costs.
CUB’s guide outlines consumers’ choices in the current market, provides strategies for negotiating with a cable provider, and explains options for ditching cable service entirely.

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Posted on November 13, 2020

Jonathan Pie, TV Reporter, Wins The Post-Election Analysis

It Ends Not With A Bang But With A . . . 

‘It’s a joy to watch a mainstream media that for four years struggled to call a lie a lie and allowed Trump to use their platforms to spread those lies finally call him out for what he is: a liar.’

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Posted on November 10, 2020

Moon TV

By NASA

NASA is seeking new partners to help the agency tell the story of human exploration at the Moon with the Artemis program in ways that engage, excite and inspire a worldwide audience. Through the end of this decade, NASA will explore more of the lunar surface than ever before and will establish a sustainable human presence with Artemis in preparation for future human missions to Mars.
The agency has released an Announcement for Proposals calling for submissions of potential partnerships to visually bring the public along for the ride in new ways, starting as early as a trip around the Moon with astronauts on the Artemis II mission, targeted for 2023. Proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. EST, Dec. 11, 2020.

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Posted on November 9, 2020