Yeah, this will improve things...

FCC Chief Wants To Ease TV Station Cross Ownership With Radio And Newspapers

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is prepared to junk federal rules that limit companies from owning TV and radio stations in the same market — and go half way in doing the same for TV stations and newspapers...

"...combining the localism and integrity of Gannett with the... um... localism and integrity of Clear Channel!"

Newspaper and broadcast owners say that mergers are needed to preserve local newsrooms as their companies compete against a massive number of national news competitors on cable TV and the Internet.

...just the way that relaxing the ownership rules in the 90s preserved all those unique radio formats... oh, wait!

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