Media ownership rules are under attack and could lead to massive deregulation, crippling the already paltry diversity of voices in mainstream media.
This event is being streamed live today! Check it out at:
http://www.law.columbia.edu/news/PressReleases/media_forum.htm
for info about the event.
AIVF (Association of Independent Film and Videomakers) has a summary including directions to the site at:
http://www.aivf.org/advocacy/columbia.html
A column from yesterday's LA Times:
http://www.calendarlive.com/cl-et-lowry15jan15,0,485781.story
summarizes the issue in context.
yesterday's Senate testimony on the rules:
http://video.c-span.org:8080/ramgen/kdrive/e011403_telecom.rm