FCC eases media ownership rules

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The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to make it easier for some companies to own numerous news outlets in specific media markets.

The FCC’s 3-2 vote along party lines rolls back a decades-old rule that prevented one company in a specific media market from owning both a newspaper and broadcast TV station.

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