Is the FCC Making a Move to Stop TV Groups From Getting Any Bigger?

Proposed rule could change how TV stations are counted toward national ownership cap

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Acting Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Mignon Clyburn may have turned activist. In a bold move, Clyburn has circulated an item aimed at making sure TV groups don't get any bigger.

Over the past few months, a flurry of mergers among TV broadcasters—including Gannett-Belo, Tribune-Local TV, Sinclair-Allbritton and Media General-Young Broadcasting—have given media consolidation critics heart palpitations.

The notice of proposed rulemaking that showed up Friday as a single line on the FCC's website offered no detail.

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