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Previous FCC 'Blind' on Media Competition, Pai Tells Collins

The previous FCC “turned a blind eye to the modern media marketplace,” said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in a letter to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, posted Wednesday responding to her inquiry on media diversity. Pai said his FCC has tackled…

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the issue by promoting “a more diverse and competitive media marketplace” by creating the broadcast incubator program and other initiatives. The previous FCC’s stance “reflected a 1970s media market and did nothing to promote diversity or competition,” Pai said. “The broadcasting industry deserves to have rules that make sense for the digital age and that allow them to thrive and better provide service to consumers.”