Sununu Staffer: Congress Could Tackle Ownership

[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Will Congress take on the media ownership debate in an election year? A staffer for Senator John Sununu (R-NH) told broadcasters Monday he expected Congress to weigh in with help on some media ownership issues rather than necessarily waiting for the FCC to recraft its rules. Apparently Sen Sununu is interested in brining media ownership limits, like the ban on newspaper/station crossownership, "in line with market realities." The staffer said there was a "great deal" of common ground among a number of legislators that current ownership restrictions "don't make sense." He is not sure how many of the ownership elements they will be willing to bite off, perhaps confining it to newspaper/broadcast crossownership. He also suggested the vehicle could be a rewrite of the Telecom Act of 1996.
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