AAF Wants Congress to Jettison Broadcast-Ownership Rules
Congress should eliminate the FCC’s broadcast-ownership rules, said American Action Forum President Douglas Holtz-Eakin in a blog post Tuesday. “The problem is that in the internet era there is no ‘local,’ so local ownership rules simply don’t make sense,” he…
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wrote. “Consumers have myriad options to listen or watch in digital, internet-based media. Any need for competition or viewpoint diversity can be dealt with by their choices.” Broadcast-ownership rules “may be blocking the route to merger-based efficiencies and cost-saving that would permit the local media to more successfully compete with streaming services,” he added. “The solution is not to cling to the rules required by legacy legislation from your grandfathers’ media landscape. It is for Congress to provide the FCC with authorities that match the modern setting.”