Media to FCC: Loosen Rules

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NEW YORK A consortium of broadcasters Wednesday sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission urging the regulatory body to loosen the ownership rules currently under review.

More than 30 media companies and organizations signed the letter, including Belo, CBS, Clear Channel, Cox Enterprises, Entercom, Fox, Hearst-Argyle Television, NBC and Quincy Newspapers.

The letter describes a “pressing need for reform” as the “growth of multichannel programming and distributors and the Internet have fundamentally altered the landscape in which the commission’s ownership rules were originally adopted.”

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