Amy Goodman
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Matt Wood: Weakening of U.S. Media Consolidation Rules Helped Murdoch Build Media Empire
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July 19, 2011
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9:29Now PlayingDemocracyNow.org - The intense scrutiny on Rupert Murdoch and practices by News Corp. employees is also widening the spotlight on its vast media holdings in the United States. News Corp. owns a number of outlets, including Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News Channel, the National Geographic Channel, HarperCollins, TV Guide, The Weekly Standard, The New York Post, the Wall Street Journal, as well as the film studios 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight. News Corp.'s dominant standing in the U.S. media received a major boost in the early 1990s when the Federal Communications Commissions waived a regulation meant to curb media consolidation. Democracy Now! interviews Matt Wood, policy director at the media reform group, Free Press.
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