Courts and Congress Blunt FCC's Media Relaxation

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The assault on the Federal Communications Commission’s landmark relaxation of media-ownership rules intensified last week, with a court blocking the new rules and a key U.S. Senate committee voting to keep TV networks from getting bigger. The blows came as networks and the FCC itself boosted efforts to sell Congress and the public on regulations that increasingly seem to be in jeopardy.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia issued its stay on Wednesday; the Senate Appropriations Committee cast its unanimous, bipartisan vote on Thursday, the day the new rules were to go into effect.

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