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JUST IN ....SENATE VOTE REJECTS FCC'S RULING ON CROSS OWNERSHIP

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by Bob Hamilton 05/15/2008
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Historic Senate Vote Rejects FCC's Rules

'Resolution of disapproval' passes Senate...all eyes on the House

WASHINGTON -- In a near-unanimous voice vote tonight, the Senate passed a "resolution of disapproval" that would nullify the Federal Communications Commission's latest attempt to dismantle longstanding media ownership limits.

Last December, the FCC voted to remove the "newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership" ban that prohibits o...

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CANADA DOESN'T FOLLOW U.S. IN LOOSENING OF CROSS OWNERSHIP RULES

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by Bob Hamilton 01/16/2008
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Just a few weeks ago the FCC voted to allow one company to own newspaper, radio and TV in the same market. Yesterday, its counterpart in Canada, the Canadian Radio Television Commission did just the opposite.  After hearings on media diversity in that country, the CRTC voted in a rule that a person or corporate entity would be allowed to control only two types of media in the same market.  They also imposed new limits on the ownership ...
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