Tough issues ahead for Martin

On media ownership: Martin could submit a scaled-down plan that would allow a company to both own a newspaper and some broadcast stations in the same market. “When we try to tee the issues up in bite-size chunks,” Martin says, “we're more likely to continue to make progress.” One option, he says: to confine the looser ownership caps to large markets with the most media outlets. Martin says the agency could also target some small markets where mergers would “increase the amount of news coverage or maintain failing stations or newspapers.” Martin concedes he might not win Democratic support. “The issue is very complex and very contentious,” he says.
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