WASHINGTON In a landmark win against corporate greed and for community journalism, the News Guild, the Communications Workers and allies beat two rapacious hedge funds, Standard General and Apollo Global Management, which tried to devour local broadcaster Tegna and its news programs.
More than 100 protestors lined the sidewalk in front of the Federal Communications Commission late last week to demand that agency officials vote on a prospective merger between Standard General and TEGNA that could be a game changer in minority ownership of media properties.