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U.S Supreme Court Declines Media Ownership Challenges

Posted on June 15, 2005

Have you seen The News Is What We Make It? the claymation characters discover how 7 conglomerates dominate the media lnadscape.

On Monday June 13, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear appeals by media companies challenging whether ownership restrictions are constitutional, leaving it up to U.S. regulators to decide the appropriate limits.

The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission eased several ownership limits, including lifting a ban that barred a company that owns a newspaper from also owning a television station or radio outlet in that market, known as cross-ownership.
Consumer advocates challenged the relaxed limits, arguing that they could lead to consolidation and fewer independent voices.

Our Just Media Project honoree Andrew Jay Schwartzman attests, "Americans clearly understand that concentration is bad, and diversity is good."

Read more about the ruling in the New York Times article, "Court Declines Media Ownership Challenges".

Learn more about media ownership from Free Press.

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