In a 2-1 vote, the commission eliminates a rule that kept station groups from reaching more than 39 percent of TV households.

How each outlet headlined it

• Hollywood Reporter

  In a 2-1 vote, the commission eliminates a rule that kept station groups from reaching more than 39 percent of TV households.
• The Guardian left

  The 2-1 vote along party lines repealed ‘national cap’ that served as a key check on consolidation of the TV industry In a historic vote on Thursday morning, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted along party lines to overturn a key check against the consolidation of the television industry, throwing out a rule that prevented any one company from owning stations that collectively reach more than 39% of all US TV households. The vote is a win for television conglomerates that aim to ex
• The Hill center

  The FCC on Thursday voted to eliminate a longstanding rule capping the number of households a single broadcaster can reach nationwide, a move the commission said is necessary to better help television networks compete with the rapid growth of tech companies in the media sector. The now-scrapped rule, which had been in place since the early 2000s, limited the number of viewers any single…