On November 27, 2007, I interviewed Joe Torres of Free Press about FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's proposal to relax the ban on cross ownership rules in major markets.

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is proposing that a company that owns a newspaper in one of the 20 largest cities in the country should be permitted to purchase a broadcast TV or radio station in the same market. But a newspaper should be prohibited from buying one of the top four TV stations in its community.

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FCC Chair Moves to Relax Media Ownership Rules

On Tuesday, Oct 30, I interviewed Joseph Torres, government relations manager at Free Press, about recent moves by FCC chairman Kevin Martin to relax media ownership rules.

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HERE.

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