Opponents Argue New Italian Media Law Will Overly Benefit TV Consortium.
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By Robert Galbraith, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 13–A new media and advertising law in Italy, which took several more steps towards parliamentary approval last week, is causing yet another controversy for Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi. The company most likely to benefit from the new rules is his Mediaset group, which has three television channels. The law raises the cap on advertising, dismantles some of the barriers between ownership of different types of media and allows each television operator to own… |