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NEW YORK A series of TV and print ads asserting that News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch wants complete control of U.S. media will launch this week.

The campaign was conceived by MoveOn.org and Common Cause, two public advocacy organizations, and produced by Zimmerman and Markman in Los Angeles.

The campaign breaks in advance of the Federal Communications Commission’s June 2 media consolidation ruling, which will determine new ownership rules across media. Both organizations are concerned that the FCC is likely to loosen media ownership rules further and that it will put Murdoch in a position to take further control of U.S.



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