Deadline New York, November 14, 2011
By David Lieberman

We're starting to see some interesting filings at the FCC as it prepares to revamp media ownership rules -- and that includes a letter sent by a strange-bedfellows coalition of Dish Network, Time Warner Cable, activist group Free Press, the Newspaper Guild and the American Cable Association which represents small and mid-sized operators. They're united by a concern about TV stations that "cannot lawfully merge under the FCC's local television rules but are nonetheless consolidating their core operations, staff and news production.”

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