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Disney’s
decision this week to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” from its broadcast network ABC is shining a light on a part of the media business in which the federal government has control.
On Thursday, President Donald Trump suggested his administration should revoke the licenses of broadcast TV stations that are “against” him. Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr has made similar threats, including during a CNBC interview, also on Thursday.
It’s not the first time Trump or Carr has invoked the government’s power to pull a broadcast station license – putting an in-the-weeds part of the media business front and center for consumers, and flexing the government’s power over a major part of the industry.
