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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