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US agency ends 39% household cap on local TV station owners
- alrtd82 2mo agoBrendan Carr is a dummy (TM)
- elkabong 2mo agogregorian chanting intensifies
- mapt 2mo agoWhy yes, I also believe this action was solely a result of one administrator's low intelligence, and not any kind of concerted campaign to take over my country through media channels. Such a campaign is literally unthinkable to me, despite illustrative worked examples of an all-right-wing media landscape in the UK and Russia, agents of the administration bragging about their ability to control media, demanding tithes from media, banning media from their events, threatening to throw media in prison, or executing hostile takeovers of non-local-TV media with their billions of dollars.
- 0xy 2mo agoTV is dead so who cares if it consolidates. In fact, consolidation is probably the only way it staves off complete collapse for a few extra years. The average age of a Fox News, CNN or MSNBC viewer is 60+. The median 20 year old NEVER watches TV.
- s0ss 2mo agoCitation needed
- 0xy 2mo agohttps://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/28/how-the-audiences-of-30-major-news-sources-differ-by-age/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/28/how-the-a... https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2025/five-tv-trends-watch-2025-2026-upfronts-newfronts/ https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2025/five-tv-trends-watch-2...
- goatlover 2mo agoAre all those age groups on their death beds? Older people vote in larger numbers don't they?
- goatlover 2mo agoYou can watch tv programs via streaming services. Youtube ABC News channel has 16.7 million subscribers. Clips of those shows can be found all over social media. There's a reason the current administration wants consolidation. It's to control the narrative. The same reason their rich supporters buy up news media companies.
- 0xy 2mo agoThere are independent YouTube channels routinely pulling 10x prime time ABC News numbers. Not just 1 or 2, more like thousands. The world has moved on. I mean you can blatantly see who's watching this garbage by tuning in. The primetime ads are adult diapers, dementia pills and retirement financial products.
- nixon_why69 2mo agoCheck out these 2 maps: https://nitter.space/ettingermentum/status/2085202793078399200#m https://nitter.space/ettingermentum/status/20852027930783992... Measurable, double digit swings based on which counties got TV ads in a $70m vs $10m spending campaign.
- 0xy 2mo agoSeems totally legit! Harris+Biden spent $770M on TV ads while Trump spent $350M. How about 2016? Clinton spent $400M on TV ads while Trump spent $125M. How'd that go for them? Really seeing those double digit improvements.
- nixon_why69 2mo agoDifferent campaigns, you're comparing a presidential general election to a senate primary. You're also ignoring superpacs in those presidential runs. You know how many NRA sponsored ads about "her emails" I saw in 2016? TV is far less dead than often assumed.
- conception 2mo agoAlso ignoring how much other nation states spend on them.
- Spoom 2mo agoSomeone tell me how it would be "in the public interest" to allow one owner to control more than 50% of the market.
- ChrisArchitect 2mo ago[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49200390 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49200390
- nickphx 2mo agoHow does a commission override a congressional ruling though? Seems like the "checks" part of the "balances" is a bit out of balance.
- laughing_man 2mo agoDoes it really matter anymore? How many people get their news and entertainment from local TV stations?
- johnnyApplePRNG 2mo agoA majority of voters, apparently.
- x______________ 2mo ago>Does it really matter anymore? If it didnt matter, they wouldn't be changing the rules to consolidate power.
- laughing_man 2mo agoIs that what's going on, though, or is it just that with fewer viewers the industry needs consolidation?
- x______________ 2mo agoHere's a clip from John Oliver[0] from 2017 explaining a bit on the situation. While viewership is declining, I dont think it's the main reason with the overall system changing its rules to allow fewer people to control it. 0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtNyOzGogc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtNyOzGogc