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May 28 from https://www.theverge.com/

ABC Tells FCC Its Early Review Of Broadcast Licenses Chills Free Speech

UPDATED: The Walt Disney Co. and ABC are once again pushing back on the FCC, this time over the agency’s demand that it file early renewal applications for its broadcast licenses, a move that the company calls a threat to the First Amendment. “It is an extraordinary demonstration of power and coercion directed at disfavored editorial voices which sends a clear warning to every broadcaster in...

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May 28 from https://edition.cnn.com/business/tech

ABC accuses Trump’s FCC of ‘unconstitutional retaliation’ in station license fight

ABC is laying the groundwork for a landmark First Amendment fight. On Thursday, ABC filed paperwork to renew its local TV station licenses “under protest in response to an unlawful, arbitrary, and unconstitutional order” by the Federal Communications Commission. ABC attached an extraordinary objection letter that accused the Trump-aligned agency of using “unconstitutional retaliation and...

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Apr 28 from https://www.theverge.com/

The FCC is going after the broadcast licenses of Disney-owned ABC stations

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. The Federal Communications Commission has ordered the ABC stations owned and operated by Disney to file for an early license renewal, as reported earlier by The New York Times. In a filing on Tuesday, the FCC claims it made the decision as part of...

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