Salt Lake Tribune · Nov 17, 2017
The FCC just repealed decades-old rules blocking broadcast media mergers
(Pablo Martinez Monsivais | The Associated Press) In this Feb. 26, 2015, file photo, Federal Communication Commission commissioner Ajit Pai speaks during an open hearing and vote on net neutrality in Washington. The Senate has confirmed Pai, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, despite Democratic complaints that he will undermine net neutrality. Federal regulators rolled back a series of decades-old regulations on Thursday, in a move that will make it far easier for media outlets to be bought and sold — potentially leading to more newspapers, radio stations and television broadcasters being owned by a small handful of companies.