Common Cause blitzes FCC with cross-ownership protests

COMMON CAUSE BLITZS FCC WITH LA TIMES/KTLA-TV CROSSOWNERSHIP PROTESTS
[SOURCE: Lasar's Letter on the FCC, AUTHOR: Matthew Lasar]
Over 2,500 supporters of Common Cause have filed comments asking the Federal Communications Commission to deny the Tribune Company the right to own both the Los Angeles Times and local TV station KTLA. "For more than 30 years, the Federal Communications Commission has had a rule in place that prevents one company from owning both the local newspaper and the local TV station in one community," the Common Cause missive reads. "The reason for the ban on newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership is clear: consolidated media fail to serve the public interest when they reduce the amount of independently produced programming available in a local community."
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