Daily Archives: April 9, 2009

Cross-Ownership Issue Enflamed Anew?

The more I think about it — and study up on it — the more I think that State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s recent questioning of the Fox 61 / Courant merger will heat up the national debate on media cross-ownership again.  (He has a knack for this kind of thing, no?) Check out this [...]

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Blumenthal Enters The Fox / Courant Fray

State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has tossed a potential wrench into the Fox 61 / Courant merger of operations, saying the consolidation goes beyond the intent of the two-year cross-ownership waiver granted by the FCC. He says he wants to know how many jobs will be lost.  Should have asked were lost. He says he [...]

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Another Remotely Controlled Page

Chicago has taken over another page of the Courant, this time in the Sports section. Check out today’s baseball page on B6. Unless the Courant suddenly switched in mid press run to sans serif bold down-style headlines, the little AP story there indicates a pre-packaged delivery from the Windy City. Except for the typography and [...]

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