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Christopher Terry
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Christopher Terry
@ChristopherTerr
@umn_hsjmc Associate Professor of Media Law. I teach 1st Amendment, @FCC, @FEC & @FTC policy for a living. Hostile opinions re: FCC policy failures are mine.
Wisconsin & Minnesota انضم Temmuz 2010
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Industry leaders talk about Data Centers facing permitting, economic, and community Support obstacles blandinonbroadband.org/2026/03/24/ind… via @AnnT
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States Sue to Halt Nexstar-Tegna Merger, Which Would Create Largest Owner of U.S. Local TV Stations democracynow.org/2026/3/23/head…
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#BREAKING: Newsmax sues over Nexstar-TEGNA deal. thedesk.net/2026/03/nexsta… $NMAX $NXST
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Dear @AEJMC_LAWP members,
Greetings, and happy spring!
We are seeking volunteers to review papers + research-in-progress for the 2026 AEJMC research competition. If you’re available to help, please complete the Reviewer Form by Fri., Mar. 27. (Message me if you need the link.)
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Disaster Regulatory Policy potsandpansbyccg.com/2026/03/23/dis…
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ICYMI: States seek court restraining order to block Nexstar-TEGNA merger
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Commissioner Gomez is correct, and there's not much room to debate this point. If the agency wanted to permit this merger, it should have gone to Congress to get the ownership cap set by Congress changed.
There was a way to do this merger. This way was not the right one.
Sue Wilson@sueblueswilson
FCC Commissioner @AGomezFCC clarifies that the Nexstar/Tegna merger is illegal and explains why it's important. "So we don't have one corporation deciding what everybody sees and hears."
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Virtually all the entities who opposed the Nexstar/Tegna deal at the FCC have filed an emegency application for review and petition for stay giving the agency 24 hours to act before they seek court intervention.
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Read below my dissenting statement on the FCC’s Media Bureau unlawful approval of the Nexstar-TEGNA merger ⬇️
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Nexstar Tegna deal is so awful of an idea that it killed...checks notes...Chuck Norris.
Ok...sorry, I couldn't resist.
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The FCC approved Comcast-NBC to a consumer harm of $316 Million a year by the agency's own assessment at time time of approval.
How did that work out?
But I'm sure it'll work out...this time..honest!
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Sinclair has been a dominant TV ownership and operation structure for a long time.
How many times has Sinclair broken the law with deceptive or VNR content?
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How about a policy question?
We allowed Clear Channel to own roughly 10% of radio stations while it was sending programming to roughly half of them. It was hailed as a victory for consolidation.
How'd that work out?
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FCC Chair Carr’s Threats to Punish Broadcasters Are Unconstitutional eff.org/deeplinks/2026… via @EFF
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Today, the @FCC released its Order formally approving the illegal $6.2 billion @NXSTMediaGroup / @TEGNA merger – despite the proposal exceeding both the 39% national ownership cap and local market limits.
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@TedatPolicyband @BrendanCarrFCC Well, if you're keeping score Ted, I have had a very public case of DS for Hundt, Genachowski, Baker, Martin, Tate, Powell, Pai and Martin and retroactive DS for Sykes and Fowler long before my current embrace of Carr.
I'm equal opportunity and all.
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39% cap waiver is going to get litigated, I guess. Not sure what an Obama judge will say. Wait, actually I do know. Loper is a good point; MQD, probably not in play. IMO: Prof. Terry has a severe case of TDS aimed at @BrendanCarrFCC. Get some rest and detox with some back issues of Policyband. I won't tell your students you've joined the reality-based wing of American society.
Christopher Terry@ChristopherTerr
@TedatPolicyband @AGomezFCC @FCC Why? I didn't set the 39% rule. Congress did. I didn't develop the MQD & undermine Chevron deference. The Supreme Court did. And remember @TedatPolicyband I worked in conservative talk radio for Clear Channel, (Yes, really) I'm not exactly a card carrying member by any measure.
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When it comes to massive media mergers, the answer seems to always be "It'll work this time...honest!"
But let's ask Clear Channel and Cumulus how it worked out for them?
Daniel Suhr@danielsuhr
The FCC's approval of Nexstar-Tegna is an important step towards stronger local broadcasting. This puts local stations in a better position to keep local sports and local news free on the air rather than continuing their subservience to the Hollywood & New York network bigwigs.
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And they've been saying it since 1996 without the @FCC ever testing this "theory" of economy of scale or the agency ever verifying it occurred post merger.
Gigi Sohn@gigibsohn
Yes, but you know, media consolidation leads to greater synergies, which means more journalists, and more news! That is the biggest lie media companies seeking to merge, like Nexstar and TEGNA, tell regulators.
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@matthewstoller @FCC How is it false?
Any ownership decision must be justified in light of competition. That's the law.
You create a competitor with 80% control, others will need to consolidate to compete.
Or does the @FCC get to violate §202(h) like its violating the ownership cap?
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Understand two things about the @FCC's approval of the Nexstar-Tegna merger. 1. It breaks the law set by Congress on ownership caps. 2. Because the FCC regulates for "competition," it must now approve other massive mergers of media companies to compete with this new entity.
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