FCC Should Eliminate Cross-Ownership Rules, NAB Says
Broadcast cross-ownership rules should be eliminated, NAB said in a meeting with FCC Media Bureau staff Thursday, said an ex parte filing posted online Monday in docket 14-50. “Retaining the cross-ownership rules in today’s media market would be arbitrary and…
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capricious,” NAB said. The market has changed as newspapers have greatly declined while online news has become much more competitive and diverse, NAB said. “This should not come as a surprise, as the Commission, in contexts other than the broadcast ownership rules, has recognized the revolutionary nature of the Internet on competition and diversity.”