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FCC Chair Kevin Martin Proposes Rules to Allow for Greater Media Consolidation

FCC Chair Kevin Martin Proposes Rules to Allow for Greater Media Consolidation

The FCC is proposing to do away with media ownership rules that bar companies from owning both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city. In 2003, Kevin Martin voted with the then-FCC chairman to lift the same media ownership rules but the effort was overturned by the landmark Prometheus v. FCC decision. [includes rush transcript]

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