FCC commissioner wants News Corp. inquiry

Michael Gay October 25th, 2007

In a move that could complicate News Corp’s purchase of the Wall Street Journal, Democratic FCC commissioner Michael Copps wrote a letter to FCC chairman Kevin Martin asking him to investigate the deal. According to Broadcasting & Cable, Copps said he is concerned that the $5.6 billion combination would result in control of a network and two of the nation’s five largest newspapers by a single company and would result in the ownership of two newspapers and two TV stations in New York, the nation’s top market. Technically, the FCC isn’t reviewing the deal, so we’ll see if this letter does anything besides make news.