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Copyright © 2007 by Eric Klinenberg
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Klinenberg, Eric.

Fighting for air : the battle to control America’s media / Eric Klinenberg. —1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-7819-0
ISBN-10: 0-8050-7819-3

1. Broadcasting policy—United States. 2. Mass media policy—United States.

I. Title.

HE8689.8 .K625 2007

302.230973—dc22

2006049627

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