September 12, 2003

MUITO INTERESSANTE
Bom artigo o da revista The Economist, sobre as medidas tomadas nos Estados Unidos a propósito da concentração dos média. Excerto: The new rules, detailed in July, finally acknowledge the extra competition. They relax, in modest ways, some of the earlier restrictions. For example, America's four-biggest television networks are allowed to own stations whose broadcasts can reach 45% of the national audience, up from 35%. Within some local markets, some firms will be able to own three TV broadcasters instead of two. In most markets, media firms will be able to own both a TV station and a newspaper, lifting a blanket ban, although other restrictions will remain. The overall approach seems rather too cautious (the national-ownership cap would remain highly restrictive), but somewhat principled and likely at least to withstand scrutiny from the courts.
Há um outro artigo da mesma revista, sobre o mesmo tema, que também merece ser lido, este mais informativo.