Boston Herald, March 23, 2006
By Greg Gatlin

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin last week made it clear that he plans to move as quickly as possible to lift a ban on owning newspapers and broadcast outlets in the same market.

That can't come soon enough for big media companies hungry to buy up newspapers and TV and radio stations, but stymied by the long-standing cross-ownership restriction.

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