Court Lifts Cross-Ownership Ban Stay

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Newspapers and broadcasters finally caught a regulatory break.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit today lifted the stay on the Federal Communications Commission’s ban on media companies owning newspapers and TV stations in the same market.

A briefing on the rule will begin May 17. Until then, the FCC’s 2008 order to relax the media ownership rules — including duopoly rules and the cross-ownership of broadcast stations and newspapers in the top 20 markets — is in effect.

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