The Federal Register’s publication of the FCC cross- ownership or...
The Federal Register’s publication of the FCC cross- ownership order Thursday paves the way for the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia to review it, said a lawyer who plans to challenge the order. It lifts a…
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ban, in some cases, on common ownership of a newspaper and radio or TV station in large cities. Commissioners approved it 3-2 (CD Dec 19 p1). Publication means “the order is now officially ‘final’ for purposes of reconsideration and appeal,” said Andrew Schwartzman, the president of the Media Access Project. Petitions for reconsideration of the order are due in 30 days. The 3rd Circuit had remanded a media ownership order back to the FCC, spurring the just-concluded review.