Lawmakers Press FCC On Media Diversity

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and 51 other lawmakers, including members of the Congressional Black Caucus, are urging the FCC to ensure that upcoming mergers include “enforceable commitments” to boost media ownership, programming, advertising and other opportunities for women and minorities.

Waters Rips Comcast-NBCU Conditions

Rep. Maxine Waters blasted Comcast’s acquisition of NBC-Universal, calling the terms imposed on the merger by federal regulators “meaningless.”