New York Times | Huffington Post
"The ban on newspapers owning a broadcast station in their local markets may end up hurting the quality of news and the commitment of news organizations to their local communities," writes
Kevin J. Martin. "Newspapers in financial difficulty often have little choice but to scale back news gathering to cut costs. Allowing cross-ownership may help to forestall the erosion in local news coverage by enabling companies that own both newspapers and broadcast stations to share some costs." ||
Marty Kaplan's
reaction.
All one has to do is look at markets such...
