A number of distinguished experts discuss the fundamental questions surrounding media ownership limits, covering issues such as ownership policies, competition, diversity, and localism.

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Panelists discuss a variety of issues including: the relationship between ownership limits and market performance; the merits of ex ante ownership limits versus case-by-case investigations; what product markets are relevant to FCC consideration of ownership policies; and the costs and benefits of different types of restrictions (horizontal caps, cross-ownership restrictions, access regulations).

Panelists cover a number of areas including: the type of diversity that ownership policies should promote; the extent to which outlet diversity produces source and/or viewpoint diversity; the meaning of localism; and whether local ownership results in locally-oriented programming.