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When Is Time Brokerage A Transfer Of Control? , Michael E Lewyn Oct 1995

When Is Time Brokerage A Transfer Of Control? , Michael E Lewyn

Michael E Lewyn

A highly technical piece about communications law, focusing on "time brokerage" agreements. Under these agreements, two television or radio stations typically share programming. The FCC scrutinizes such agreements to make sure that they are not de facto mergers; the article discusses FCC precedent on the issue.


When Is Cumulative Voting Preferable To Single-Member Districting?, Michael E Lewyn Apr 1995

When Is Cumulative Voting Preferable To Single-Member Districting?, Michael E Lewyn

Michael E Lewyn

Cumulative voting is most appropriate in small towns, nonpartisan elections, and jurisdictions in which voters know whether they are in the majority. By contrast, single-member districts are preferable to cumulative voting in big cities, state or federal elections, partisan elections, and elections in which the racial or partisan balance between factions is either close or is unknown to most voters.