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Tribune Co. Benefits in Hartford, Conn., As FCC Eases Rules on Media Ownership.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2003

By Michael Remez, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 3--WASHINGTON--Tribune Co. can maintain its ownership of two Connecticut television stations, plus The Hartford Courant, and LIN TV Corp. can keep its two New Haven-area stations under new media ownership rules approved Monday by the Federal Communications Commission.

The controversial plan, adopted by a partisan 3-2 vote, could trigger great changes in the nation's media landscape, allowing broadcast networks to grow larger, more companies to own multiple stations in the same market, and cross-ownership of newspapers and television stations in large and midsize markets.

The new rules resolve lingering questions about newspaper and TV station...

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