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Publication Date: May 2008
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): James L. Gattuso
Research Area: Media, telecommunications, and information
Keywords: Regulation; internet; competition; radio
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Critics of the FCC's decision to allow newspapers to be owned jointly with TV and radio stations under certain limited circumstances argue that cross-ownership would lead to a dangerous concentration of power in the media business; in reality, the FCC should have repealed its cross-ownership rule altogether, leaving the protection of choice and competition to well-established antitrust laws.