More Media Consolidation Coming Soon

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday February 20, 2002 @08:08AM from the conglomomegahypercorp dept.

Logic Bomb writes: "According to the Washington Post, a federal appeals court yesterday made a ruling that could make the last couple years of media consolidation look like nothing. Some major FCC rules about media ownership were ruled as "arbitrary" and therefore illegal, most importantly the one preventing a company from owning the cable system and television stations in the same place. Also, though the FCC gets one more chance to defend it, the rule about a company not owning stations reaching more than 35% of the national viewership may get tossed out too."

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AOL-TimeWarner-NBC by Rupert · 2002-02-20 08:24 · Score: 1, Troll

cnnbc.aol.com?

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future news by Joe+the+Lesser · 2002-02-20 08:24 · Score: 0, Troll

'And in conclusion, you should all go home and enjoy a nice drink of pepsi. The joy of Cola. Back to you John.'

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Helps spread propaganda by Muttonhead · 2002-02-20 08:39 · Score: 1, Troll

If you're going to spread propaganda, which is the case anyway, consolidation provides greater control of airwaves/mindshare. Could anything suck more than American media? Does anybody listen to the radio anymore?