A Consumer View on the FCC's New Consolidation Rule

A CONSUMER VIEW ON THE FCC'S NEW CONSOLIDATION RULE
[SOURCE: Columbia Journalism Review, AUTHOR: Clint Hendler]
CJR asked Mark Cooper, director of research at the Consumer Federation of America, to explain what the Federal Communications Commission ruling allowing certain newspapers and television stations to share the same ownership means, whether it will help or hurt journalism, how it came to be, and what his organization -- which opposed the move -- might do to stop it.
http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/mark_cooper_on_crossownership.php

* FCC Targets Big Media
[SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor, AUTHOR: Alexandra Marks]
The potential for more diverse, democratic voices in local news has either just gotten better thanks to the Federal Communications Commission, or been set back in an FCC corporate Christmas giveaway. So go the differing interpretations of this week's votes to change the rules that govern the complex and fast-changing US media landscape.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1221/p02s02-usgn.html