NAB to Drop Effort to Overturn FCC Ruling
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The National Assn. of Broadcasters is expected to announce today that it is pulling out of the campaign in Congress to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s recent relaxation of media-ownership rules, sources said.
The proposed law was significantly broadened during its markup in a Senate committee to include amendments that many broadcasters oppose, such as reinstating the ban on cross-ownership of TV stations and newspapers.
-- Edmund Sanders
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