Unions Tell FCC Not to Hold Ownership Vote Yet

UNIONS TELL FCC NOT TO HOLD OWNERSHIP VOTE YET
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Communications Workers of America told the Federal Communications Commission that it should not vote Dec. 18 on a proposed loosening of the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rules. The unions said they would prefer retaining the current ban on newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership, but they could live with a modification of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's proposed loosening of the ban so long as there were modifications to "ensure that any permitted combinations would not violate the FCC's policy goals of diversity, competition and localism," including requiring separate newsrooms and editorial staffs.
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* AFTRA/CWA press release:
http://www.aftra.org/press/pr_2007_12_11_aftra_cwa_review.html