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The troubling arc of media concentration.
The following editorial appeared in the Seattle Times on Wednesday, March 31:
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The United States once had a rule that no company could own more than 40 radio stations. In 1996, the Federal Communications Commission repealed the rule. By Dec. 31, 2003, Clear Channel Communications Inc. of San Antonio, Texas, had amassed 1,182 U.S. radio stations. It also owned 145,895 billboards nationwide.
Business success is a good thing, and is as necessary in the news industry as any other. But it is not the only thing. Our democracy requires a diversity of voices and of owners. The growth of Clear Channel shows what can happen when all restraints come ...
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