Economic issues relating to the FCC's proposed "one -to -a- customer" rule

While the preceding article discusses the theoretical and legal aspects of intramedium "economic injury" pleas, the present article analyzes ownership and audience data to determine some effects of cross-media ownership. Do owners of more than one station in a given market (or owners of a station and a newspaper in the same market) find that their stations are more profitable than do owners of but a single station in a given market? After statistical analysis, the authors arrive at a "generally, no" answer.