• Broadcasting & Cable, Monday, July 25, 2011 2:32 PM

Here's one way at least, that Rupert Murdoch may be doing something right. He was among the first, we believe, to own a local TV station (New York's Channel Five) and a newspaper (the New York Post) in one market, as regulation banning such ownership was eased.

And now several FCC studies find "statistically significant evidence" that newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership has a "positive correlation" on local news,"according to Broadcasting & Cable. Which could mean lifting the ban for cross-ownership altogether.

Another finding: "owning multiple stations in a market does not negatively impact local information programming and has a positive impact on the mix of local and national news."

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