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Free Press: Minority Media Ownership Drops as FCC Considers Harmful New Rules (11/27/07)
An update of the media advocates' 2006 "first complete assessment of female and minority ownership of commercial broadcast TV stations" strongly "suggests that the future of minority TV station ownership is in jeopardy":- From October 2006 to October 2007, the number of minority-owned commercial TV stations decreased by 8.5 percent.
- African-American TV station ownership dropped by 60 percent—as the total number of black-owned TV stations fell from 19 to eight in just a single year.
- People of color now own just five of the 845 “big four” network-affiliated stations—a 62 percent decline from October 2006.
- From October 2006 to October 2007, the number of minority-owned commercial TV stations decreased by 8.5 percent.
- African-American TV station ownership dropped by 60 percent—as the total number of black-owned TV stations fell from 19 to eight in just a single year.
- People of color now own just five of the 845 “big four” network-affiliated stations—a 62 percent decline from October 2006.
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