FCC Ready to Rumble on Tuesday
The FCC’s having a big meeting this Tuesday, Dec. 18. The biggest item on the agenda is Chairman Martin’s attempt to rush through the near-total dissolution of the newspaper-TV cross-ownership ban. It’s a plan he only revealed to the public and his fellow commissioners last month. As a result the public interest community, many Congresscritters and the FCC’s Democrats are pretty riled up.
John Anderson and I talked about the upcoming FCC meeting and Martin’s sneaky tactics on this week’s radio show, now available for download.
For more insight on the cross-ownership issue, see Matthew Lasar’s recent post on the subject. For a more inside-the-Beltway analysis of this issue and other items on the Feb. 18 agenda, check out two recent posts at the Broadcast Law blog:
- FCC Meeting Agenda for December 18 – Potentially One of the Most Important in Recent Memory – Multiple Ownership, Localism, Minority Ownership, Product Placement and Cable TV National Ownership Caps
- Moving Forward Back to 1980 – The FCC Set to Conclude that Specific Public Interest Obigations are Required for Broadcasters
Related posts:
- FCC Chair Says He’s Ready to Eliminate Cross-Ownership Ban
- FCC Makes Expected Vote — the Big Media Get Bigger
- Mark Cooper on the FCC’s Cross-Ownership Decision
- News Headlines from the June 2, 2006 Radioshow: New FCC Commissioner Opens Floodgates for Chairman’s Agenda; Senators Urge FCC to Address the Public Interest; FCC Investigates TV Stations Airing Fake News
- FCC Chair To Attend Another Public Forum
The FCC, examining the mainstream, media ownership & consolidation | Paul | 
December 16, 2007 3:28 pm
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