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Tauzin, Upton: Lift cross-ownership ban

By Paige Albiniak -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/4/2002 2:13:00 PM

Reps. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) and Fred Upton (D-Mich.) Tuesday urged Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell to repeal a rule that forbids companies that own newspapers to own television stations.

"We believe this explosion of media sources should eliminate any concern regarding a lack of diversity of views in the marketplace and competition, which have been the principal justifications for the rule," said Tauzin and Upton, who chair the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee, respectively.

The FCC has been reviewing its newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rules since last September.

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