Today, the Federal Communications Commission blessed the merger of Comcast, the nation’s largest cable and Internet provider, with the iconic NBC-Universal. This comes just weeks after the FCC passed a toothless Net Neutrality rule, so full of loopholes that you could drive a truck through it. Together, these two decisions will transform American media, consolidating even more control over even more platforms, in the hands of fewer and fewer corporations. After the FCC, the Justice Department has to weigh in, but the agency is expected to follow suit.
UPDATE: DOJ has also approved the merger this afternoon. (http://bit.ly/eZXhZj)
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