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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov 
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 October  19,  2001 


 OFFICE  OF  PLANS  AND  POLICY  ANNOUNCES  ROUNDTABLE  DISCUSSION  OF  MEDIA  OWNERSHIP  POLICIES 
 MM  Docket  Nos.  01-  235,  96-  197,  92-  264,  94-  150,  92-  51,  87-  154 
 CS  Docket  Nos.  98-  92,  96-  85 


 Date:  October  29,  2001 
 Location:  Commission  Meeting  Room  (Room  TW-  C305) 
 Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Washington,  DC  20554 


 Time:  12:  00  p.  m.  –  5:  00  p.  m. 
 The  FCC’s  Office  of  Plans  and  Policy  will  hold  a  roundtable  forum  to  discuss  FCC  media 
 ownership  policies.  A  number  of  distinguished  experts  will  address  the  fundamental  questions 
 surrounding  media  ownership  limits.  In  the  first  panel  on  ownership  policies  and  competition, 
 panelists  will  discuss  a  variety  of  issues  including:  the  relationship  between  ownership  limits  and 
 market  performance;  the  merits  of  ex  ante  ownership  limits  versus  case-  by-  case  investigations; 
 what  product  markets  are  relevant  to  FCC  consideration  of  ownership  policies;  and  the  costs  and 
 benefits  of  different  types  of  restrictions  (horizontal  caps,  cross-  ownership  restrictions,  access 
 regulations).  In  the  second  panel  on  diversity  and  localism,  panelists  will  cover  a  number  of 
 areas  including:  the  type  of  diversity  that  ownership  policies  should  promote;  the  extent  to  which 
 outlet  diversity  produces  source  and/  or  viewpoint  diversity;  the  meaning  of  localism;  and 
 whether  local  ownership  results  in  locally-  oriented  programming.  Attached  is  the  roundtable 
 schedule  and  the  list  of  panelists. 


 For  additional  information,  contact  Jonathan  Levy  at  (202)  418-  2030. 
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 ROUNDTABLE  ON  MEDIA  OWNERSHIP  POLICIES 
 12:  00  p.  m.  Introduction  and  Welcome 
 Chairman  Michael  K.  Powell,  Federal  Communications  Commission. 


 12:  15  p.  m.  Ownership  Policies  and  Competition 
 Panelists: 
 Stanley  Besen  Charles  River  Associates 
 Mark  Cooper  Consumer  Federation  of  America 
 W.  Robert  Majure  U.  S.  Department  of  Justice 
 Bruce  Owen  Economists  Incorporated 


 Moderators:  James  Bird  and  David  Sappington, 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 


 2:  15  p.  m.  Break 
 2:  30  p.  m.  Ownership  Policies,  Diversity  and  Localism 
 Panelists: 
 Douglas  Gomery  University  of  Maryland 
 Philip  Napoli  Fordham  University 
 Joel  Waldfogel  University  of  Pennsylvania 


 Moderators:  Jonathan  Levy  and  Joel  Rabinovitz, 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 


 4:  15  p.  m.  Concluding  Observations 
 Moderators:  Jane  Mago  and  Robert  Pepper, 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 


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