Global Deals
Consolidation Nation
Andrew Green, OMD.
The topic of media consolidation is once again looming in the US. A recent judicial decision has re-opened the debate on media ownership at the local market level. The decision has given rise to speculation that the regulatory authorities could re-focus attention on the broader question of cross-media ownership and how far control of the national broadcast distribution system can be allowed to go.
The issue is, first and foremost, a political one: how much influence is it right to allow a single company to control through its TV, radio...