Grassroots Gears Up as FCC Revisits Ownership Rules

The fight to protect locally owned and diverse media outlets is gearing up again after the Federal Communications Commission announced it would be opening up a public comment period on newly proposed media-ownership rules.

But opponents of media consolidation, including two FCC commissioners, are concerned that the proceedings will be inadequate and public input will be ignored, as was the case during the last review of ownership rules in 2003. Full Story »

Posted by Marcus Denton
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Subjects: Politics, Business, Media
Topics: Media Ownership, FCC
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Posted by: Posted by Marcus Denton - Jul 21, 2006 - 3:40 PM PDT
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Edited by: Rod Amis - Jul 21, 2006 - 6:10 PM PDT

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by Marcus Denton - Oct. 1, 2008

Discusses the possible change in media-ownership rules, placed against the recent history of increasing concentration in media ownership, the contentious history of the last rules change, and grassroots efforts to prevent any more relaxation in the ownership rules. Good example of the media helping hold government accountable and giving people relevant information they can use.

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