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Show Savant Studies Newspapers, Explores Anti-Trust Violations Professor John J. Flynn, of the University Law School told members mem-bers of the American Association of University Professors and guests Thursday solutions to Salt Lake City's newspaper anti-trust prob- of the Board of Regents, an investigation inves-tigation of the economic interest the ownership of the "News" and "Tribune" had in a favorable vote on the bond issue and reading both newspapers for a four month period before the bond vote. lems are; to investigate the costs of newsprint, machinery and syndicate syn-dicate services to determine actual costs in regards to price fixing; the Newspaper Agency Corporation should divorce advertising and circulation cir-culation and continue joint publication publi-cation through the use of the same presses and building." The "Failing Newspaper Act" (S. 1312) proposes to exempt from basic laws and policies of antitrust anti-trust from newspapers. The professor added the Kearns-Tribune Kearns-Tribune group, L.D.S. Church, the Glassman-Hatch group and Screen Gems Corporation control the vast majority of communications media in the Wasatch Front area. "I alleged before the Senate Antitrust Anti-trust Committee a strong circumstantial circum-stantial case could be made of news suppression with regard to making public action by the University Board of Regents that may have affected the vote of the Salt Palace. Pal-ace. That allegation was based upon personal knowledge of the action a.. -i-,J JOHN J. FLYNN . . . hits trusts |
