MAP President Testifies Before House on Media Ownership
Posted: Wednesday December 5, 2007
Andrew Jay Schwartzman, President and CEO testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet regarding Chairman Martin’s proposal to repeal the newspaper cross-ownership ban. Allowing for the cross-ownership of a local newspaper and broadcast station would reduce the diversity of voices in a local market and result in a market wide diminution of the total amount of local news available to the public. Cross-ownership crowds out competition, resulting in the public receiving less, and lower quality, service.
Read the testimony