Media Minutes for October 24, 2008
Producer: Stevie Converse and Candace Clement
Length: 5:02

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Public interest groups and tech innovators are cheering an FCC report that may clear the way for using empty TV channels to connect millions of people to the Internet. And dozens of small, independent magazines have been forced to shut down their operations.

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