Coalition to Save Local Media Members Including CCIA Lobby Against Sinclair/Tribune
Sinclair/Tribune deal opponents the Coalition to Save Local Media met last week with aides to Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, and with Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel to argue against the takeover by Sinclair, said filings posted Monday in docket…
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17-179. The transaction will hurt competition, cause a rise in retransmission consent rates and reduce localism, said representatives of coalition members Ride-TV, the National Hispanic Media Coalition, Sports Fan Coalition, Computer & Communications Industry Association, NTCA and National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians-Communications Workers of America. "Transaction-related public interest harms to viewpoint diversity, localism, and competition overwhelm any purported public interest benefits." Sinclair and allies have defended the deal (see 1712060055).