Analyzes the communications policy review process since the 1960s, encompassing task forces, Congress, and the Federal Communications Commission. Concludes that the process "has been doing little more than seeking a means of negotiating the conflicting needs of the major industrial interests already in control of most aspects of American…

Discusses two causes of newspaper monopoly and their legal implications: anticompetitive economic practices, particularly the use of combination rates; and government intervention in the media marketplace through the Newspaper Preservation Act. (JMF)