FCC Comment Deadline Approaches as Disney and Colbert Waivers Loom
MSM counts down a regulatory clock while X sees culture war — the paper tracks who files, who enforces, and who tolerates bootlegs as enforcement infrastructure thickens.
Culture
CBS Tolerates Colbert Bootleg Clips After Paying for the Show
CBS/Paramount lets unauthorized Colbert clips circulate while owning the rights — MSM covers the comedy, X reads the waiver as a rights strategy.
FCC Forfeiture Power Becomes Institutional Hammer as Comment Deadline Approaches
X sees FCC forfeiture authority as enforcement infrastructure, not legal abstraction; MSM covers the ruling as a narrow legal question.
Late-Night Television's Next Fight Is Format, Not Politics
X sees late-night's format crisis as structural — the monologue-interview-musical-guest template is obsolete — while MSM covers personality.