John Eggerton
Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Packages it with renominations for Geoffrey Starks, Brendan Carr

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Massachusetts Democrat signals that the public interest demands no less

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Says no liability case had been made

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Grabs at what it calls suggestion FCC could find way to ‘yes’ on station-group merger

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Question motivation for Media Bureau move

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Latest stopgap measure is among a host of bills to help close the digital divide

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Former FCC, FTC chairs employed to pitch deal decision

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Other news operations pass on live coverage

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Says there is still no technical solution to problem

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Iconic former FCC chair was public broadcasting pioneer and approved pay TV testing

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Says USAC is sufficiently subordinate to pass constitutional muster

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Says company has repeatedly violated multiple privacy settlements with agency

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Former FCC nominee joins American Association for Public Broadband as executive director

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Bill from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) would prevent biggest platforms from having piece of ad-exchange business

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Legislation would also require annual public reports on potential harms of targeted ads

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Says, in effect, why start the process if deal may crater anyway

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Cites critics high-profile of FCC process and supporters of merger

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Cites years-long delay in wrapping up quadrennial review of regulations

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Says he regrets letting company down

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Ruling appears likely to kill $8.6 billion station-group acquisition

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Agency proposes periodic reauthorizations for overseas-based companies

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Years-long effort to preempt state restrictions revived in House, Senate

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Public-private partnership will help shape future of television
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