More than two months after Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski circulated an order proposing to lift the ban on owning a newspaper and radio station in a market, the commission is still deadlocked.
It’s not a surprise, really. No other proceeding gives an FCC chair more headaches—not to mention court challenges—than media ownership rules.
As it stands, Genachowski doesn’t have the decisive 4-1 or 5-0 vote he is seeking to avoid the possibility of more legal wrangling.
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