Thursday, December 13, 2007
News Five days to stop Big Media
Posted by John F. Sugg on Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 10:12 PM
On Dec. 18, George Bush's viceroy at the Federal Communications Commission, Kevin Martin, will try to ram through changes that will allow Big Media to get much, much bigger. In Atlanta, that could lead to Cox -- which already owns the AJC and WSB -- snapping up more TV stations. It would also maximize the value of the Cox holdings -- perhaps convincing the Cox family to grab the money and run by selling to an even larger conglomerate. Who knows? Rupert Murdoch could become the sleazemaster of Atlanta media.
You can do something, not that the Cox media are likely to tell you that. Heck, it's only been in recent weeks (after CL chided the Coxopoly on the point) that the AJC has begun admitting that it has lobbyists involved in the FCC fracas.
Fight for independent, local media. For a place to start, go to the Stop Big Media website.
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