FCC And Big Media Relax Together
- Posted by: Andrew Price
- on December 14, 2007 at 5:20 pm
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin seems pretty intent on relaxing regulations that keep large media companies from owning newspapers and television stations in the same markets. Despite bipartisan opposition he’s refusing to delay a December 18th vote.
Most people agree that media ownership should be regulated to some extent, so this is essentially a question of degree. After looking at this chart it’s hard to argue that the six major media corporations are too small.
