A number of distinguished experts discuss the fundamental questions surrounding media ownership limits, covering issues such as ownership policies, competition, diversity, and localism.
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:
Stanley Besen, Charles River Associates
Biography | Statement
Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America
Biography | Statement and Attachment
W. Robert Majure, U.S. Department of Justice
Biography
Bruce Owen, Economists Incorporated
Biography
Moderators:
James Bird and David Sappington, Federal Communications Commission
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.
Panelists:
Douglas Gomery, University of Maryland
Biography | Statement
Philip Napoli, Fordham University
Biography | Statement
Joel Waldfogel, University of Pennsylvania
Biography | Statement and Attachments A, B, C, D
Moderators:
Jonathan Levy and Joel Rabinovitz, Federal Communications Commission
Moderators:
Jane Mago and Robert Pepper, Federal Communications Commission
