MAP and Prometheus: Martin Newspaper Proposal Will Hurt Minority Ownership
Posted: Tuesday December 11, 2007
On behalf of Prometheus Radio Project, Media Access Project filed comments with the FCC regarding Chairman Martin’s plan to repeal the newspaper cross-ownership ban in the 20 largest markets. As the comments provide:
Nearly half of the TV stations owned by people of color are in the top 20 markets, and not one of them is in the top four of their markets. Thus, almost every one of those stations will be in the cross-hairs as potential acquisition targets. The dearth of minority ownership will be even worse if the FCC ultimately votes to go further than the Chairman’s current plan.
Read the comments