Public Interest Groups Oppose Fox Waiver; Media Bureau Issues PN
The FCC shouldn’t grant Fox’s request for a temporary waiver of the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule, said Free Press, the United Church of Christ Office of Communication, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Voices for New Jersey in a letter to acting Media Bureau…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today!
Chief Michelle Carey posted in docket 07-260 Thursday. Fox requested a waiver to allow it to own both the New York Post newspaper and two TV stations until the reconsideration proceeding on the 2014 quadrennial review is completed (see 1703010059). The groups also said the FCC should put Fox’s waiver request on public notice. The bureau issued a PN later that day. Comments on the waiver request are due April 10, oppositions April 25, replies May 2.