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Free Press advocates say rule changes are “massive handout” to broadcaster Sinclair that would have far-reaching and negative impacts in communities nationwide.

Net Neutrality activists dressed in Halloween costumes plan to take to the streets of Washington near FCC headquarters Monday morning to protest FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to bury Title II.

An ambitious Federal Communications Commission plan to kill a raft of limits on media companies’ reach is likely to wind up in court.

In a ruling seen as a major win for the largest media conglomerates in the country, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the Main Studio Rule, a 77-year-old regulation that required local television and radio broadcasters to maintain physical studios in the communities they serve.

Nothing Donald Trump says to attack journalism is as dangerous as what Trump’s chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, does to attack journalism.

FCC Chairman Pai told a House oversight committee hearing that he plans to bring to a vote at the Commission’s Nov. 16 meeting an order that would abolish the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule. Also in the crosshairs is the radio-television cross-ownership rule.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai released a plan that would eviscerate the Lifeline program.

The Federal Communications Commission is planning to vote in November on proposals to roll back ownership rules that were meant to support diverse voices in local media.

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said he’ll move to weaken or kill local media ownership restrictions next month, potentially clearing the way for more consolidation among companies that own TV and radio stations.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai unveiled a series of proposals to relax media-ownership rules, including ending the ban on the ownership of a newspaper and broadcast station in the same market.