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Media Concentration: A Case Of Power, Ego, And Greed Confronting Our Sensibilities, W. Curtiss Priest

American University Law Review

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On Media Consolidation, The Public Interest, And Angels Earning Wings, Victoria F. Phillips

PIJIP Faculty Scholarship

In one of his first speeches soon after being sworn in as a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, Michael Powell bemoaned the lack of an angel's visit to give him a clearer understanding of the guiding standard in broadcast regulation - the public interest. Without a clear message as to the public interest, he declared the standard too vague.

Five years later, and now serving as Chairman, Powell leads the charge for even further deregulation of the already deregulated broadcast industry. The most recent FCC decision relaxed a wide range of media ownership regulations remaining on the books and …

On Media Consolidation, The Public Interest, And Angels Earning Wings, Victoria F. Phillips

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Uhf Discount: Shortchanging The Public Interest, Cecilia Rothenberger

American University Law Review

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The Role Of Politics And Policy In Television Regulation, Christopher S. Yoo

All Faculty Scholarship

This article is a reply to Thomas Hazlett’s commentary on my article entitled, “Rethinking the Commitment to Free, Local Television.” Although politics and public choice theory represent an important approach for analyzing government actions, economic policy still exercises some influence over the regulation of television. On the one hand, we agree that the regulatory preference of free television and local programming is more a reflection of political considerations than economic policy and that the importance of promoting communities of interest over geographic communities, and the potential for new services such as Digital Audio Radio Services to benefit consumers. On the …