Re: Ease of media ownership rules?

["Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill O'Neill" <billo@shoreham.net>
To: "Boston Radio Interest (E-mail)" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 7:48 AM
Subject: Ease of media ownership rules?


> The Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46820-2003May12.html
> published details of the proposed changes.  The article says that "among
the
> proposals is one to allow a single company to own TV stations that reach
45
> percent of U.S. households instead of the current 35 percent."  The 8
radio
> station ownership cap is not expected to change under the current
proposal.

The other change, I beleive, is to allow cross ownership of newspapers and
broadcasting facilities in the same market.