CWA Groups: Not Enough Evidence Standard/Tegna Is in the Public Interest
Standard General and Tegna “have not provided information sufficient to establish even a prima facie case that grant of the applications would be in the public interest,” said the Communications Workers of America's NewsGuild and National Association of Broadcast Employees…
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and Technicians sectors, in a call with an aide to FCC Commissioner Brandon Carr, according to an ex parte filing posted Friday in docket 22-162. “The unusually complex arrangements in this docket merit further scrutiny,” the filing said. “Undisclosed or excessive foreign ownership and investment implicates other public interest issues, including localism, diversity and maintaining a robust market for news,” the unions said. The transaction “reaches the Commission in the context of a changing geopolitical environment,” said the filing. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought additional scrutiny of the acquisition Thursday (see 2210060033).