Word: honig
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...deal's structure, although CBS in 1990-91 did try in vain to persuade a senior Congressman and two newspapers to investigate. Virtually anyone can challenge renewals or transfers of broadcast licenses, a practice that acknowledges that the airwaves are public property, at least in theory. Enter David Honig, a Washington lawyer who often represents the interests of minority clients before the FCC. He too had wondered about the deal and, in mid-1993, found the time and a willing client, a unit of the N.A.A.C.P., to allow him to do the necessary digging. The N.A.A.C.P. felt that allowing...
Three months later, Honig used Fox's planned purchase of a Philadelphia television station as a forum for arguing that News Corp., a foreign company, illegally owned Fox's stations...
...Honig's petition delayed FCC approval of the deal past its "drop dead" date, thus killing the purchase. In frustration, Fox asked the commission to resolve the foreign-ownership question once and for all. How seriously Fox meant this request, however, now seems open to debate. In March the FCC's Mass Media Bureau asked Murdoch to disclose exactly how much equity-what share of the Fox station's assets-was represented by the stock owned by News Corp. In reply, Fox restated the 76-to-24 split but told the FCC that "the precise dollar value of News Corp...
...commission again demanded the information. This time, in a markedly more conciliatory response, Fox disclosed News Corp.'s 99% stake in the stations' assets. Says Honig: "It would be an understatement to say that among communications lawyers, word of that letter was like the bombing of Dresden...
...Honig, Who was promoted to an associate professorship two years ago, currently teaches Women's Studies 150: "Moral Dilemmas...