FCC Official Warns Against Media Consolidation

FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein railed against media consolidation last week, speaking to a crowd of 500 people at the University of Iowa. He said that media deregulation tends to harm small communities, where local broadcast news dries up. He warned that getting giant media companies to unmerge is "virtually impossible."
[SOURCE: Des Moines Register, AUTHOR: Jeffrey Patch]
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051006/NEWS09/510060397/1001/RSS01
See Also:

* Iowans testify against further media consolidation
http://www.freepress.net/press/release.php?id=98

* Iowans Irate With Media, Says Adelstein
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6264343.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP