
Steven Rattner's Newspaper BalletThe investment tycoon dances around the future of the newspaper biz.
Posted Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007, at 6:03 PM ETWhile we're on the subject, I'd have the FCC suspend its newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rules so that dailies can purchase television and radio stations in the markets they serve (see this timeline). If we really expect the self-pitying newspaper industry to compete for audience and advertisers, it should have the same access to customers that the competition has. What deregulatory ideas would you prescribe? Send mail to . (E-mail may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise. Permanent disclosure: Slate is owned by the Washington Post Co.)
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