Media ownership rules may ease
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WASHINGTON - The head of the Federal Communications Commission has circulated an ambitious plan to relax the decades old media ownership rules, including repealing a rule that generally forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corporation yesterday agreed to be bound by key Australian rules when it reincorporates in the US. This will restrict Murdoch family&#39;s ability to
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For years, record labels have been reluctant to release music in unrestricted MP3 formats, but now some music companies are reversing course on the copy protections and playback restrictions originally designed to reduce piracy.
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Overturning a 32-year-old ban, the Federal Communications Commission will allow broadcasters in the nationâs 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper.
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U.S. communications regulators are expected to approve on Tuesday a plan to loosen media ownership restrictions, despite objections from consumer groups and a threat by some U.S. senators to revoke the action.
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While The Wall Street Journal may eventually have new ownership, one Fool hopes a reduction in quality won't follow.
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Â· Ruling means pioneer may have to close centreÂ· Move follows years of dispute with authority
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Pakistan's government has put curbs on the media and threatened operators with closure in the hope of stifling an opposition campaign for judicial independence and democracy, analysts and media workers said on Tuesday.
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The commission loosened restrictions preventing a company from owning both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city.
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The Federal Communications Commission voted on Tuesday to approve a controversial plan to loosen media ownership restrictions in the 20 biggest U.S. cities, despite objections from consumer groups and a threat by some U.S. senators to revoke the action.
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By O'Malley, Chris  Lawmakers last spring made it easier for AT&T, Verizon and big phone companies to get into the video business now ruled by cable TV operators.
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Talks toward the formation an international treaty on the intellectual property rights of broadcasters over the signals they transmit, broke down today as almost everyone involved predicted.  The discussion most likely centered on whether broadcasters can claim legal rights over content that appeared on its over-the-air signals, which would have affected its ability to be shown later on the Web.
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'Vertical integration' and cross-promotion in the TV landscape is prompting calls to limit media consolidation.
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MEDIA giant News Corp and its secondbiggest shareholder, Liberty Media, are reportedly close to a share swap deal that would shore up Rupert Murdoch's control of his company.
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to overturn a 32-year-old ban and allow broadcasters in the nation's 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper.
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In the Wall Street Journal deal, the question is when, not if, Murdoch would take control.
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The Murdoch family&#39;s long-term control of its media empire is less certain this week after News Corporation&#39;s largest investor moved to almost double his voting stake.