(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Pawel Popiel, Washington State University; Dwayne Winseck, Carleton University; Hendrik Theine, Johannes Kepler University Linz, University of Pennsylvania, and Sydney Forde, University of Pennsylvania (THE CONVERSATION) Following unprecedented threats from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, major affiliate station owners Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcasting pressured Disney’s ABC to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s show off the air over his comments related to Charlie Kirk’s killing. The suspension is a harbinger of what could happen under a fundamental restructuring of U.S. media that will take place if the proposed Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros.