Rupert Murdoch of News Corporation is weighing whether a bid for The Los Angeles Times would be worth the headache.
F.C.C. (Federal Communication Commission )つまり連邦通信委員会がメディア王マードック氏のLA Times買収計画を遅らせる可能性があるらしい。
それにしても、マードックさん、何年か前に経済誌The Wall Street Journalを発行するダウ・ジョーンズを買収して、今度は西海岸ですか。
なんでも、州の中でテレビ局を保有する会社が、新聞社を持つことは法律で禁じられているようですね。 まぁ、新聞とTVで操作されたら少なからず洗脳されてしまうからですかね。
そんなこんなでこの記事はマードック氏の足踏み状態を伝えている。
ちょっとだけ解説を試みると・・・・
In weighing a bid for The Los Angeles Times, Rupert Murdoch finds himself in a familiar role: waiting for rule changes from the government. With the resignation last week of Julius Genachowski, the chairman of the Federal
じっと、法律が変わるのを待っているマードック（彼のいつものやり方） 民主党のGenachowski（何と発音するのだろう？）がFCCの議長を辞任した
Communications Commission, he may have to wait a little longer.
マードックさん、もう少し待たなければならないことに・・・
Mr. Murdoch, who has never shied away from a regulatory battle, has been beefing up News Corporation’s lobbying efforts in Washington in the last few months to urge regulators to revise a media ownership rule that would
マードックさんは、かつて一度も法律に屈しなかったそうな。shied (盾）を下ろさなかったわけですね。 彼は、ニューズコープのロビー活動をワシントンでここ数カ月にわたってやてきた。何故？ つまりメディアの保有者に関する法律を変えるための。またまた何故？ つまりTV局を保有する（FOX）ものが、LA Timesなど他の新聞を買収出来るようにするため、とのこと。
prevent the company from acquiring The Los Angeles Times and other newspapers in markets in which it already owns television stations.
“He wants it,” one person close to Mr. Murdoch said of The Los Angeles Times.
“They’re working on getting a waiver now,” added this person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal talks. But another person close to Mr. Murdoch said he currently considered a potential deal more trouble than it is worth given the regulatory hurdles in Washington.
The resignation of Mr. Genachowski, a Democrat, could further stall a plan favored by the departing chairman that would relax a longtime ban on consolidation between television stations and newspapers in local markets. The F.C.C. signaled on Friday that a vote on easing media ownership rules would move forward despite Mr. Genachowski’s departure.
Initially expected to be presented for a vote early this year, the measure has already faced several setbacks. Last month, Mr. Genachowski said there would be no vote until the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, a Washington-based nonprofit, completed a study of the impact of cross-ownership on news gathering. That process could take several weeks, potentially pushing a vote to the summer.
The New York Times
