Senate Panel Rejects New Media Ownership rule
Associated Press, April 24, 2008
By John Dunbar
A Senate committee voted Thursday to nullify a recently approved Federal Communications Commission rule that allows media companies to own a newspaper and a television station in the same market.
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved a resolution that would roll back the rule, despite promises of a veto from the White House.
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