The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies submitted a response to the Federal Communications Commission regarding MB Docket No. 07-294, Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the Broadcasting Services. In this letter, Joint Center President and CEO Ralph B. Everett, along with Vice President and Media and Technology Institute Director Dr. John Horrigan, discusses the FCC's recent Commercial Broadband Station Ownership report and subsequent plans to relax rules intended to protect diversity in media ownership. Namely, the Joint Center argues that there is not enough data on minority and female media ownership to justify changes in ownership rules at this time.
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