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GUESTS: Ben Bagdikian, award winning author, journalist and media critic, Amanda Valentine, Free Press

On Oct. 3 in Los Angeles, all five Federal Communications Commissioners will meet face-to-face with the public to discuss sweeping changes to the nation’s media ownership rules. The hearing is the first part of another effort to rewrite ownership rules that could create greater monopolies in the country’s media landscape. The FCC’s last battle over media ownership drew a record outpouring of public comments to the agency.

Ben Bagdikian’s ground breaking book “The Media Monopoly” published in 1983, has served as a bible for students of media-industry concentration. In it, he predicted that a small handful of media corporations would own the majority of our media outlets. That prediction has come dangerously true. The seventh edition of the book, “The New Media Monopoly” was published two years ago.

Details about FCC Hearings:

Part 1
1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
University of Southern California
Davidson Conference Center
Embassy Room
3415 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles

Part 2
6:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
El Segundo High School
640 Main Street
El Segundo

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