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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I understand the Carr agenda but the FCC itself spent the better part of two decades losing in court over its media ownership policies even when it had Chevron deference at its back. With this, the FCC is clearly violating the plain text of the 39% cap set by Congress and its not even close.

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Matt Wood @mattfieldwood.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Here's the podcast I did with @sportshotchris.bsky.social and @karlbode.com earlier this week, where we were UNBUFFERED as the title sugests, but where @freepress.bsky.social and I were also un-tagged in this initial post. 😄

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Been in Texas for 1 hour. Already seen the Alamo and had a Whataburger.

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Skydance: keeping corporate HQ in California, still firing everyone.

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Committee for the First Amendment @1acommittee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And so it begins, with thanks to CA electeds who caved to the oligarchs. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @robbonta.bsky.social @xavierbecerra.bsky.social @mayor.lacity.gov So afraid of threatened job loss they backed 100% guaranteed job loss. 🥀

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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@freepress.bsky.social and #BlocktheMerger allies have worked tirelessly to challenge the Ellison family takeover of Warner Bros. This week we lost, and I've been reflecting on the unfair advantage that billionaire oligarchs have in our media and our politics. pressingissues.org/tech-barons-...

pressingissues.org

Loss Leaders: Tech Barons Buy Up Media Outlets to Hide Grifts

Billionaires are amassing control of our information environment to manipulate and control politics

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"As millions of people struggle to feed their families, the billionaire class is flexing its grotesque wealth to buy up the means through which people access news and information." New Pressing Issues by @jgo4justice.bsky.social on the ParaBros fallout and the much bigger fight we have ahead.

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Loss Leaders: Tech Barons Buy Up Media Outlets to Hide Grifts

Billionaires are amassing control of our information environment to manipulate and control politics

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Congrats to @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social team for all the work they did to make this happen.

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Daniel Miller @danielnmiller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Aaron Sorkin on the Paramount-WBD merger: www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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Ruth Livier, PhD @rlivier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our immigration system is unfair, despotic, racist. My @freepress.bsky.social Pressing Issues Q&A w/UCLA’s Dr.Hernández’s re her book, RACIST BY DESIGN, which unearths how we got here. pressingissues.org/us-immigrati... editors @juliorvarela.com @notaaroncraig.bsky.social @timkarr.bsky.social

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The U.S. Immigration Regime Is ‘Racist by Design’

A conversation with historian Dr. Kelly Lytle Hernández about the historic whites-only system driving the U.S. immigration machine

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the right's crippling lack of ball knowledge strikes again

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Journalists may not have much. But we retain the right to call the frauds and bootlickers masquerading as the pillars of the media industry a bunch of scumbags. Truth, after all, comes free." remarkable @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social piece www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-free-a...

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The Free and Unfree Press

Journalism, and its adversaries.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 26/09/2026

Anyone heard from David Ellison about all of this? Isn't he trying to buy CNN? You'd think he'd want to stand up for the journalists he seeks to employ. Unless he prioritizes his relationship with Trump over both CNN's interests and press freedom. freedom.press/issues/journ...

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 25/09/2026

It took a week for CNN to get White House access back. Other outlets boycotted in solidarity. But not David Ellison – he dined at the WH with Trump and Xi and ignored calls from 100+ reporters and advocates to stand up for the journalists he seeks to employ.

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Journalists, advocates demand Ellison condemn White House ban, back lawsuit

The Paramount Skydance CEO may soon own CNN. He should be condemning the outlet’s ban

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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Honestly, I loved writing this. First Amendment nerds, enjoy!

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

ICYMI at 2:59 a.m. ET. The court can't say it wasn't warned about everything that's wrong with this settlement. "It’s full of weak and unenforceable behavioral conditions that will not protect workers, creatives or consumers." www.freepress.net/news/free-pr...

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Free Press and Block the Merger Partners File Amicus Brief Blasting Pitiful Paramount Settlement

“The court should reject this deal outright," says Jessica J. González. "It doesn’t address the anti-competitive concerns that state attorneys general themselves identified in their initial lawsuit."

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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

BREAKING: The #BlockTheMerger groups just won our motion!!! Our amicus briefs on why the court should not accept the weak and unenforceable consent decree are due at midnight tonight.

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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 24/09/2026

What are the best ways to preserve quality journalism? @mattfieldwood.bsky.social of @freepress.bsky.social discusses finding, and funding, new models of journalism amid attacks on the press: knightcolumbia.org/blog/beyond-...

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Beyond Fighting Mergers and Censorship, to Finding and Funding New Models

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"No matter how well-intentioned the members of these committees may be, if David Ellison wants to get around them, he will. It’s an artificial set of rules that a billionaire owner will inevitably circumvent. These 'independent' boards are PR gestures, not vehicles for editorial protection."

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David Ellison will get control of CNN after all (and don’t pretend an “independent editorial board” will mean otherwise)

In exchange for dropping their lawsuit against Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, state AGs have negotiated "independent" oversight of CNN. You shouldn't expect much oversight.

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New Pressing Issues: @jgo4justice.bsky.social breaks down the Paramount settlement: "a toothless set of unenforceable commitments, weak oversight and empty promises on movie production that amount to far less than what both companies were already doing on their own."

pressingissues.org

Attorneys General Cave to Paramount’s Extortion Threats

But the growing movement fighting the authoritarian takeover of the media won’t stop

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Paramount priorities: "How many jobs will be axed and how soon. Ellison wrote ... he expects the Warner Bros. merger to close within two weeks. That doesn’t give the combined company much time to pull off its first round of layoffs before the holidays." variety.com/2026/tv/news...

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Paramount, Warner Bros. Insiders Were Stunned by the Settlement With State AGs. Now They’re Girding for Inevitable Mass Layoffs

Insiders at Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance were surprised by the settlement with the state AGs. Now they're gearing up for layoffs.

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Please add anyone in the comments whom I accidentally overlooked in my rush to get this out. Thanks to everyone who has fought this merger and will keep fighting the authoritarian takeover of our media. Even on a dark day like this, I still believe we we will win!

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Make sure you support the work of all the artists - like the amazing @markruffalo.bsky.social - who took a big risk to speak out against this terrible deal. Watch their shows and documentaries, support independent journalism and arthouse theaters. Good list to start with here: blockthemerger.com

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

While you're at it, subscribe to some of the newsletters that told the truth about this merger from the start: theankler.com contrariannews.org thebignewsletter.com hopeforfilm.com itsnotyouitsmedia.substack.com As well as my pressingissues.org/

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Pressing Issues

The future of media and tech. And what you can do about it.

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Archival Producers Alliance will be fighting to preserve our shared history from corporate control and neglect @archivalproducers.bsky.social www.archivalproducersalliance.com/donate2apa

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Donate | Archival Producers

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Jane Fonda's essential Committee for the First Amendment @1acommittee.bsky.social www.committeeforthefirstamendment.com

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Committee for the First Amendment

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Go here to support my groups Free Press and Free Press Action. We have more mergers to fight and new public media system to build! act.freepress.net/donate/suppo...

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Help Free Press keep up the fight with a donation

Your contribution today powers critical work on digital privacy, disinformation, Net Neutrality and so much more.

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Variety reports that a bunch of corporate lawyers are making "guilt donations" for working to seal the Paramount deal on Yom Kippur. I didn't work today. But I have a better idea: Gratitude donations to the groups that have been fighting so hard to #BlockTheMerger See the 🧵 below for links

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Gabriel Lezra @gabelezra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The work of justice is to plant trees under whose shade you may never sit; and the fight against organized oligarchy, against the immense power of concentrated money, is often a battle for a sunrise you may never see. But one day, someone, somewhere, will sit under a tree, watching the sun rise.

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