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 Tuesday (March 23) lifted the stay on the Federal Communications Commission’s ban on a media company owning a newspaper and TV station 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 newspaper in the top 20 markets—is in effect.

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