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Craig Aaron: FCC to Tribune: So Sue Me
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — ... that no one but media lawyers will know what he's doing. He's set an arbitrary Dec. 18 deadline hoping that's too fast for the public to catch on or for Congress to catch up. But it's not over yet. Tomorrow, the Senate Commerce Committee will vote on a bill -- the bipartisan Media Ownership Act (S. 2332) -- that would put the brakes on Martin's rush. On Wednesday, the entire FCC will go to Capitol Hill for an oversight hearing in the House [PDF]. They'll face the Senate a week later. The public doesn't want more media consolidation. That's ...

House Judiciary To Hold Hearing On Minority Ownership
Broadcasting & Cable Articles — House Judiciary To Hold Hearing On Minority Ownership By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/10/2007 1:41:00 PM The House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing Wednesday (Dec. 12) at 2 p.m. on media consolidation. No witness list has been released. The hearing will focus on its impact on localism and diversity. That comes a day before the Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled to hear from FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and the other commissioners about media ownership issues at an FCC oversight hearing.. The hearings were called after Martin made it clear he wanted to vote on loosening the ban on newspaper-broadcast crossownership at a Dec. 18 public ...