The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council media ownership...
The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council media ownership study will be submitted to the FCC on or around May 29, said an ex parte letter filed Thursday (http://bit.ly/16uVK0k). The letter said MMTC officials had four separate meetings Wednesday on issues…
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related to the 2010 quadrennial ownership review with commissioners Ajit Pai, Mignon Clyburn and Jessica Rosenworcel, and staff from the Media Bureau and Office of Communications Business Opportunities. According to the letter, interviews for the MMTC study will be completed May 17, and it will then be reviewed by three academics before being presented to the commission. The letter said that along with the media ownership study update, MMTC officials also endorsed proposals to relax foreign ownership restrictions (CD May 2 p5), which it said “would enhance access to capital for minority broadcasters.” The letter said the MMTC also discussed “reviving AM radio” with the FCC officials, and the council’s Radio Rescue Taskforce will meet with commissioners and staff on May 16. Outgoing FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski paused a vote on a draft bureau media ownership order so that MMTC could study the effect of cross ownership on minority-owned broadcasters (CD Feb 27 p1).