The Web and Big Media (Salon)
FCC Chairman Michael Powell is in favor of throwing away even more regulations protecting media outlets from the giants.
The rules Powell has been itching to scrap are those that place ownership limits on companies that own newspapers and television stations. Critics of the plan fear that it will lead to an ever more concentrated media world, one in which much of what we see, hear and read is controlled by a handful of mega-corporations.
FCC Chairman Michael Powell is in favor of throwing away even more regulations protecting media outlets from the giants.
The rules Powell has been itching to scrap are those that place ownership limits on companies that own newspapers and television stations. Critics of the plan fear that it will lead to an ever more concentrated media world, one in which much of what we see, hear and read is controlled by a handful of mega-corporations.
