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Article: Media mergers in Los Angeles dramatically cut children's TV programming
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 21, 2003
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Media mergers in Los Angeles dramatically cut children's TV
programming
LOS ANGELES, May 21 (Xinhua) -- A rise in media mergers in the
past five years in Los Angeles has led to a dramatic decrease in
children's TV programming, according to a study released Wednesday by
Children Now, a child research and action organization.
The study, examining the impact of media consolidation among major
television stations in Los Angeles before and after the purchase of
independent stations by media giants, found that the overall number
of children's shows decreased by 47 percent over the past five years,
from a total of 88 programs per week across all stations in 1998, to