After two failed attempts to loosen its rules, the Federal
Communications Commission is expected by the end of the year to approve a new
proposal that would allow newspapers and television or radio stations in the 20
largest markets to consolidate, arrocing to a story by Jim Puzzanhera at latimes.com.
And unlike previous battles, there is little opposition this
time to easing the so-called cross-ownership rules.
A decade of Internet growth, fast-changing technologies and
plunging newspaper revenues — along with the nation's focus on recovering from
the Great Recession — have altered views.
Few people seem to care much if newspapers and television stations hook up in the same metropolitan area.
Few people seem to care much if newspapers and television stations hook up in the same metropolitan area.
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