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February 06, 2025
Top Groups Lobbying The FCC
The Federal Communications Commission heard from interest groups and companies around two dozen times in January, on issues ranging from consumer consent to receive telemarketing calls to UScellular's contested $4.4 billion plan to sell its wireless operations to T-Mobile.
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February 06, 2025
Stay On Right Side Of Payola Rules, FCC Warns Stations
The Federal Communications Commission is warning radio broadcasters not to accept freebies from music artists in exchange for boosted airtime.
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February 06, 2025
Sam Altman Calls Musk's Claim Of Ban On Rivals 'False'
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the key claim made in a preliminary injunction request from Elon Musk in their ongoing dispute is false, saying in a new declaration that he never told OpenAI investors that they wouldn't be able to invest in the company if they also put money into Musk's xAI.
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February 06, 2025
FCC Says No To Ohio Group's Bid For Low Power FM Station
An Ohio church has come out on top in its battle to be awarded the rights to launch a low power FM station in its neck of the woods after the group it was up against was accused of knowingly listing a manager's dead grandmother on a license renewal application.
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February 06, 2025
Warner Music Nabs Top Stake In Owner Of Adele Song Rights
Warner Music Group Corp. said Thursday it has acquired a controlling stake in Tempo Music Investments from Providence Equity Partners, in a reported $450 million deal that gives Warner Music the rights to songs recorded by Adele, Bruno Mars and other popular artists.

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