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Dereg Ruling's Long-Term Effect; Senate Action, Court Decision Hamstring FCC's Options on Media Ownership.

Publication: TelevisionWeek
Publication Date: 28-JUN-04 		Format: Online - approximately 779 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Dereg Ruling's Long-Term Effect; Senate Action, Court Decision Hamstring FCC's Options on Media Ownership.(TV Currents)

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Byline: Doug Halonen

A double-barreled blast from the courts and Senate last week promises to derail media ownership deregulation for years to come.

That was the reaction from key broadcast industry sources in the wake of a long-anticipated decision from the Court of Appeals in Philadelphia that threw out most of the Federal Communications Commission's controversial effort to loosen rules limiting broadcasters' ability to buy other stations and newspapers in their markets.

"[Deregulation] is going nowhere,'' said one well-placed industry source.

In the 2-1 decision, the court said that while some relaxation of the media ownership limits might be reasonable, the FCC had failed to adequately justify the limits it had put in place. At the...

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