Court Delays FCC Media Ownership Rules
Federal Appeals Court Delays Implementation of New FCC Media Ownership Rules
By the Associated Press.
A federal appeals court issued an emergency stay Wednesday delaying new Federal Communications Commission media ownership rules that would allow a single company to own newspapers and broadcast outlets in the same city.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a coalition of media access groups called the Prometheus Radio Project would suffer irreparable harm if the new rules were allowed to go into effect as scheduled Thursday.
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Court Delays FCC Media Ownership Rules
Federal Appeals Court Delays Implementation of New FCC Media Ownership Rules
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA Sept. 3
Media Ownership Rules
Just caching some links, since I’m doing some final research for my law school statements. Back in June, the FCC narrowly voted to relax many ownership rules, which will allow enormous media conglomerates in the States to grow even larger….