NAB Files FOIA Request on Media Ownership
NAB filed a Freedom of Information Act request for "studies, reports, articles, presentations, empirical data, surveys and/or internet sources" considered by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and some FCC offices in the media ownership proceeding. "We filed the FOIA to determine…
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how the FCC used a court order demanding justification of its outdated ownership rules to saddle broadcasters with even more regulation," an NAB spokesman emailed Thursday. "The FCC should explain why it blesses billion dollar mergers between AT&T/DIRECTV and Charter/Time Warner Cable while barring a local broadcaster in Poughkeepsie from buying the local newspaper." Along with materials used by Wheeler, the FOIA request seeks materials used by the Media Bureau and the Office of Strategic Planning. A draft ownership order wouldn't give broadcasters the deregulation they seek (see 1606280056).