PUBLIC NOTICE
	Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., SW Washington, D.C. 20554	News media information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322
	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.

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