Foreign Ownership Change Could Hurt Local Content for Latinos, Says Free Press

摘要

A draft declaratory ruling that could increase foreign ownership of U.S. stations was opposed byrnFree Press, though officials from two other nonprofits that represent minority interests take a differentrnstance. The draft might lead to international foreign language content squeezing out local content morernrelevant to foreign language speakers in America, said Free Press in an ex parte filing Friday (http://rnbit.ly/1aJI6ZT). “This concern is particularly relevant in Latino communities where, historically, foreignrninvestors have ignored American-Latino issues and content in favor of programming from Latin countries.”rnThough the National Hispanic Media Coalition agrees with some of Free Press’s points, an officialrnsaid the group doesn't object to the proposed ruling, since it isn't actually a rule change. Free Press didn'trnprovide any evidence for its argument, said Minority Media and Telecommunications Council PresidentrnDavid Honig, who has pushed for the clarification for years. “Hispanic broadcasters overwhelmingly favorrnthis policy change.”