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The Chair of the Federal Communications Commission proposed doing away with media ownership rules that bar companies from owning both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city.

Kevin Martin says he will allow one month of public comment before the FCC puts the plan to a vote. Martin has backed a series of studies on the rules criticized for an alleged bias towards media consolidation. Gene Kimmelman, vice president of the non-profit Consumers Union, said: “We will demonstrate that this is purely an ideological, politically motivated effort to allow media companies to consolidate and dominate local markets.”
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