Deregulation has rendered station ownership caps meaningless. But a federal antitrust case and a new FCC majority offer one last chance to unwind broadcast consolidation.
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Posted inTransportation
The Second Wave of Airline Concentration
After the biggest companies used mergers a decade ago to dominate, now the lower-tier competitors are getting into the game. But they face headwinds from federal regulators.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Wall Street’s Favorite Financial Regulator May Be Looking for a New Job
CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam’s term doesn’t end until 2026, but there are rumblings of an early exit to the private sector. Place your bets where he’ll end up next!
Posted inWorking in America
Hard Times in the Back Yard
Bailed-out major airlines have outsourced ground work to subcontractors. Injuries and fatalities on the tarmac are taking off.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Democrats Ask Biden Financial Regulator to Reverse Industry-Friendly Derivatives Policy
Three Agriculture Committee senators want Rostin Behnam to drop a new rule that would grant exemptions on swap trades.
Posted inTAP
The Banks’ Latest Hit Job
Today on TAP: Hill Republicans want to oust FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg, citing sexual harassment elsewhere in the agency. The real issue is Gruenberg’s tough regulation of banks.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
One Night With Elvis and the Men Plotting to Take Back America
Fear and loathing at the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s annual gala
Posted inWorking in America
A Union of Their Own
How a culture of gross sexism in the airlines created America’s most militantly feminist union
Posted inEconomic Policy
Bloomberg Treats Telecom Industry-Funded Analysis as News
An op-ed about net neutrality by two Obama veterans, later reported on as news, was based on a white paper funded by two industry lobbying groups.