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December 5, 2007

Media Ownership Rules

New FCC chairman Kevin Martin testified about his proposal to relax media ownership rules. The other four FCC commissioners and heads of various media groups testified about the plan.

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Sidney Bliss President and CEO Bliss Communications
Jerald "Jerry" N. Fritz Senior V.P. & General Counsel Allbritton Communications Company->Legal and Strategic Affairs

Andrew Levin Executive Vice President Clear Channel Communications
Andrew Jay Schwartzman President and CEO Media Access Project
John Sturm President and CEO Newspaper Association of America
E. Faye Williams National Chair National Congress of Black Women
James Winston Executive Director National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters
Jonathan S. Adelstein Commissioner Federal Communications Commission
Michael J. Copps Commissioner Federal Communications Commission
Kevin J. Martin Chair Federal Communications Commission
Robert M. McDowell Commissioner Federal Communications Commission
Deborah Taylor Tate Commissioner Federal Communications Commission
Joe Barton U.S. Representative [R] Texas
Marsha Blackburn U.S. Representative [R] Tennessee
Mary Bono U.S. Representative [R] California
Rick Boucher U.S. Representative [D] Virginia
Lois Capps U.S. Representative [D] California
John D. Dingell Jr. U.S. Representative [D] Michigan
Mike Doyle U.S. Representative [D] Pennsylvania
Charlie Gonzalez U.S. Representative [D] Texas
Gene Green U.S. Representative [D] Texas
Jane Harman U.S. Representative [D] California
Jay Inslee U.S. Representative [D] Washington
Edward J. Markey U.S. Representative [D] Massachusetts
Chip Pickering Jr. U.S. Representative [R] Mississippi
George P. Radanovich U.S. Representative [R] California
Bobby Rush U.S. Representative [D] Illinois
John M. Shimkus U.S. Representative [R] Illinois
Hilda L. Solis U.S. Representative [D] California
Cliff Stearns U.S. Representative [R] Florida
Bart Stupak U.S. Representative [D] Michigan
Fred Upton U.S. Representative [R] Michigan
Greg Walden U.S. Representative [R] Oregon

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House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet

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Program ID:: 202772-1
Category:: House Committee
Format:: House Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Dec 05, 2007 | 10:38pm EST | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:: Dec 18, 2007 | 1:34am EST | C-SPAN 2

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Dec 05, 2007 | 10:38pm EST | C-SPAN 2
Dec 07, 2007 | 4:13am EST | C-SPAN 2
Dec 17, 2007 | 2:08pm EST | C-SPAN 3
Dec 18, 2007 | 1:34am EST | C-SPAN 2

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