Consolidation Nation

Andrew Green reviews the trend in U.S. business to consolidate.

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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...

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