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Caucus Mulls Whether to Oppose Hispanic Broadcasting-Univision Merger.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2002

By Richard Whittle, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 11--WASHINGTON--The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is considering whether to oppose the merger of Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. of Dallas and Los Angeles-based Univision

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On Thursday, the 18-member caucus, all Democrats, "discussed the matter but no vote was taken," said caucus spokeswoman Ashley Atwell, press secretary to the group's chairman, Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso.

"They are looking into the merger," Ms. Atwell said. "They have met with people. They have looked into how this will affect the market, how it will affect the Latino community."

Univision claims about 75 percent of the fast-growing U.S. Hispanic...

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