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Article: Media mergers result in drop in children's programs
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 23, 2003
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Media mergers result in drop in children's programs, study says
Associated Press
Friday, May 23, 2003
Los Angeles -- The number of broadcast TV programs for children
dropped sharply after independent local stations were swallowed up in
media mergers, according to a study.
Children Now, a child research and advocacy group, examined
consolidation among television stations in Los Angeles, the nation's
second-largest city and media market.
The study, released Wednesday, examined one week of the seven
primary commercial broadcast stations in 1998 and 2003. Overall, it