U.S. Supreme Court,
Government,
Administrative/Regulatory
Apr. 14, 2021
Supreme Court’s media ownership ruling has silver linings
The court issued a narrow ruling that correctly recognized the FCC’s commitment in the context of its Section 202(h) quadrennial reviews to ownership diversity as an important and freestanding policy consideration.
In October 2020, when the U.S. Supreme Court granted review of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in the FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project et al. cases, civil rights advocates cringed. For decades the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates broadcast media, has maintained strict ownership rules. These rules limit the number of radio stations, television stations, and newspapers a single entity may own in any given mark...
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