Government eases media restrictions, Companies get more freedoms with TV, newspaper ownership

From: Charleston Daily Mail | Date: June 2, 2003| Author: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Copyright information

WASHINGTON - Federal regulators relaxed decades-old rules restricting media ownership today, permitting companies to buy more television stations and own a newspaper and a broadcast outlet in the same city. The Republican-controlled Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 - along party lines - to adopt a series of changes favored by media companies.

These companies argued that existing ownership rules were outmoded on a media landscape that has been substantially altered by cable ...

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