New group wants media concentration limits

VANCOUVER – An new activist organization is trying to get everyday Canadians to care enough about their media to get involved.Canadians for Democratic Media said today it is urging people to "send a message to the CRTC calling for policies that limit concentrated and cross-ownership in the media and support public and community-based media," says its press release. It is also offering an online form letter supporters may sign individually and have automatically sent to the Commission prior to July 18th, which is the deadline for submissions on the CRTC's diversity of voices proceeding. So, there could be a veritable...