JESSELL AT LARGE
Top Of Mind: Duopolies, Tribune, TV Violence
FCC inaction on media ownership suggests that it may not outlaw virtual duopolies. ~~ Peter Liguori, the newly minted CEO of Tribune Co., says he hasn’t ruled out holding onto the newspapers, one of which, the flagship Chicago Tribune, just this week demonstrated some first-rate reporting with a four-part series on what led toTribune’s four-year bankruptcy nightmare. ~~ It’s hard to understand why TV programmers won’t step up and take any responsibility for the epidemic of gun violence — and offer something other than platitudes and volunteering to be “part of the conversation.”
