FCC Media Ownership Rules: Issues for Congress
Description:
The Federal Communications Commission adopted an order on June 2, 2003
that modified five of its media ownership rules and retained two others. The new
rules were scheduled to go into effect on September 4, 2003, but the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Third Circuit stayed implementation of the new rules pending
adjudication of claims that the rules are unlawful. (Prometheus Radio Project v.
FCC, 3rd Cir., No 03-3388, stay issued 9/3/03). Because of the potential that changes
in these rules – whi…
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Date:
September 17, 2003
Creator:
Goldfarb, Charles B.
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