Standard/Tegna Under Foreign-Ownership Review

The Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector is reviewing Standard Media’s foreign-ownership request for the transaction to buy Tegna, said a DOJ letter posted in docket 22-166 Wednesday (see 2208020040). “The Commission will be notified when the Chair has determined that responses to the Committee’s initial request for information are complete and the 120-day initial review period can begin,” the letter said.