Will Pandora Survive

[SaltyDog]

I would be highly surprised if that were the arrangement though. I can't see Clear Channel giving up a stake in anything.

I have no opinion on what Clear Channel will do, only about what I think they should do. Plus I'm having a hard time figuring out why the other companies would go along with the current arrangement without this kind of agreement.

 

[SaltyDog]

I do find it interesting that the FCC and media watchdogs spend so much time holding on to ownership limits for OTA radio and TV, and no one cares how much consolidation is happening in new media platforms like Pandora, IHeartRadio, and Radio.com. As well as Hulu and other video platforms. There will soon be the same number of significant media companies running internet business as there are running TV or radio companies. And no one seems to care.

The FCC concentrates on ownership limits in OTA radio and TV because that is their jurisdiction; after all the FCC hands out the licenses. If the government ever decides to step in on Internet platform consolidation, I would think it would be the DOJ on anti-trust grounds, not the FCC.

 

[TheBigA]

The FCC concentrates on ownership limits in OTA radio and TV because that is their jurisdiction; after all the FCC hands out the licenses. If the government ever decides to step in on Internet platform consolidation, I would think it would be the DOJ on anti-trust grounds, not the FCC.

I understand the FCC's jurisdiction, but my point is that no one seems to care about internet consolidation. That doesn't just mean the government. It means these grass roots community groups who have fought other forms of media consolidation. It means other industries whose content is used by these media companies. Does the size of the internet dilute any form of consolidation?

 

[SaltyDog]

Does the size of the internet dilute any form of consolidation?

That's my take.