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POPSSenate Votes To Roll Back Media Ownership Rule "Today the Senate stood up to Washington special interests by voting to reverse the FCC's disappointing media consolidation rules that I have fought against," he said. "Our nation's media market must reflect the diverse voices of our population, and it is essential that the FCC promotes the public interest and diversity in ownership." The FCC decision allows one company to own a newspaper and a broadcast station in the nation's 20 largest metropolitan areas. The TV station may not be among the top four in the market, and post-transaction, at least eight independent media voices must remain. The rule replaced an outright ban on cross-ownership. The FCC's media ownership decision has been met with opposition on both sides. The newspaper industry has complained that the FCC did not go far enough, while activists who want to keep big media companies from getting bigger said the agency went too far.
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POPSTake Action:Email:The Senate To Stop Big Media Research shows that media consolidation means fewer perspectives and less of the news our communities need. This is especially troubling in an election year when citizens depend on our media for the information they need to make fundamental choices about the future of our country.
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POPSTribune Looks For New Rules The $8.2 billion private equity deal to take Tribune co. private could get complicated - the company hopes the FCC loosens its rules on cross ownership of media properties in the same market.
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POPSFCC Must be Stopped FCC Must be Stopped from rewriting the media ownership rules. Local outlets need more representatives in the media to tell the complete story of Iraq and it's peoples of diverse backgrounds. Controlling the media represents an influence that could exclude many people from having a voice in their own country of Iraq.
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POPSFCC To Relax Media Ownership Rules? Could Martin's FCC give a boost to media monopolies? The commission is expected to release its official proposal in mid-November, but nothing has been etched in stone yet. Deep pocketed media conglomerates are obviously all in favor or relaxing the rules. Now the lobbying really heats up. --Brian Wingfield
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