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More Media Consolidation Coming Soon

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. AOL-TimeWarner-NBC by Rupert · · Score: 1, Troll

    cnnbc.aol.com?

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  2. future news by Joe+the+Lesser · · 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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  3. News for Nerds?? by RN · · Score: -1, Troll
    what in the name of all that is good and holy does this have anything to do with news for nerds?

    Michael Sims has repeatedly used this website as his personal soapbox and forum to promote his own worldview. I didn't think that was the purpose of slashdot.

    Something needs to be done to stop this.

  4. Upcoming AOL/Time Warner merger with...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    AOL needs to merge with POOPITY POOP incorporated so they can make more POOPITY POOP for STEVE CASE to buy so he can eat the POOPIPITY POOP AND have it drip out his POOP HOLE onto COWBOYNEAL's FACE oh the DRIPPING POOPITY POOP HORRORS HORRORS THAT man on earth has NEVER WITNESSED BEFORE THE SMELL OH THE DRIPPING poopie smell that makes me want to vomit please god same me from this poopity poop hell.

  5. Helps spread propaganda by Muttonhead · · 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?