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October 19, 2001


OFFICE OF PLANS AND POLICY ANNOUNCES ROUNDTABLE
DISCUSSION OF MEDIA OWNERSHIP POLICIES

MM Docket Nos. 01-235, 96-197, 92-264, 94-150, 92-51, 87-154
CS Docket Nos. 98-92, 96-85


Date: October 29, 2001
Location: Commission Meeting Room (Room TW-C305)
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The FCC's Office of Plans and Policy will hold a roundtable forum to discuss FCC media ownership policies. A number of distinguished experts will address the fundamental questions surrounding media ownership limits. In the first panel on ownership policies and competition, panelists will 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). In the second panel on diversity and localism, panelists will 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. Attached is the roundtable schedule and the list of panelists.

For additional information, contact Jonathan Levy at (202) 418-2030.


ROUNDTABLE ON MEDIA OWNERSHIP POLICIES


12:00 p.m. Introduction and Welcome

Chairman Michael K. Powell, Federal Communications Commission.

   
12:15 p.m. Ownership Policies and Competition

Panelists:  
Stanley Besen Charles River Associates
Mark Cooper Consumer Federation of America
W. Robert Majure U.S. Department of Justice
Bruce Owen Economists Incorporated
   
Moderators: James Bird and David Sappington,
Federal Communications Commission

   
2:15 p.m. Break
   
2:30 p.m. Ownership Policies, Diversity and Localism

Panelists:  
Douglas Gomery University of Maryland
Philip Napoli Fordham University
Joel Waldfogel University of Pennsylvania
   
Moderators: Jonathan Levy and Joel Rabinovitz,
Federal Communications Commission

   
4:15 p.m. Concluding Observations

Moderators: Jane Mago and Robert Pepper,
Federal Communications Commission



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