The 3rd U.S. Appeals Court decision on FCC’s media ownership rule...
The 3rd U.S. Appeals Court decision on FCC’s media ownership rules could happen “any day now,” said Media Access Project Pres. Andrew Schwartzman, speaking at Cato Institute lunch on media ownership. He predicted a decision from the Philadelphia court…
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no later than June 30, but said “it was very hard to tell” what the court would decide. “It may have to go back to the FCC. They could affirm in its entirety. Only time will tell,” he said. On Feb. 11 the judges questioned the FCC on its diversity index for local cross- ownership and asked the Commission how the court should proceed on challenges to the UHF discount rules during 9 hours of oral arguments (CD Feb. 12 p8). It’s been nearly a year since the FCC relaxed its rules on media ownership.