Maine media under attack!

[Laurence Glavin]

>DATE: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 21:09:24
>From: SteveOrdinetz <steveord@bit-net.com>
>To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>

>  Laurence Glavin wrote:
>> >
>>I believe a proposal of this type was actually implemented
>>many years ago in Florider, but was eventually repealed
>>because so many media outlets there could cite sizable reductions
>>in revenue.
>
>
>Not sure it was actually implemented in Fla.  A friend of mine used to send 
>me airchecks of Tampa radio (mostly Q-105) and I recall on one of them the 
>morning show going into a major rant about it urging listeners to 
>write/call their reps.  IIRC the law got repealed before it was to take effect.
>>
That's why I began the post with the words "I believe";
I picked up this information not from primary sources
like Florida newspapers, but from magazine articles
and papers like the Wall Street Journal.  So indeed you
could be right.  But at least the  THREAT of a service
tax existed, and the advertising industry there DID
put pressure on Tallahassee(sp?).

Laurence Glavin


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