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Chicago's Media: Big, But Not Diverse
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 19, 2007 - 12:51pm
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 8:09am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 8:09am
CHICAGO'S MEDIA: BIG, BUT NOT DIVERSE
CHICAGO'S MEDIA: BIG, BUT NOT DIVERSE
[SOURCE: Benton Foundation]
As the FCC commissioners travel to Chicago to hold a public hearing on media ownership, Benton releases a survey of recent research on the state of the media in Chicago, showing that minority and female ownership of broadcast media in Chicago is already dismally poor; ownership of the Chicago media is already concentrated in too few hands; and Chicago's commercial television newscasts are failing to serve the community adequately.
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