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Rich, geeky goodness:

Today, the Benton Foundation and the Social Science Research Council released four independent academic studies on the impact of media consolidation in the United States. The new research focuses on how the concentration of media ownership affects media content, from local news reporting to radio music programming, and how minority groups have fared – as both media outlet owners and as historically undeserved audiences -- in an increasingly deregulated media environment. These studies make clear that media consolidation does not create better, more local or more diverse media content. To the contrary, they strongly suggest that media ownership rules should be tightened not relaxed. The studies are intended to inform the FCC's re-examination of media ownership restrictions and have been filed with the FCC during the initial public comment period ending Monday, October 23.

Follow the link. I may add sections to our readings coming up. . . . .