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FCC Asks Supreme Court to Roll Back Media Ownership Restrictions The Federal Communications Commission urged the Supreme Court to relax rules limiting ownership of local media outlets, arguing that the restrictions are obsolete and unneeded. Telephonic oral argument in FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project and National Association of Broadcasters v. Prometheus Radio Project, which were consolidated and heard together, lasted 81 minutes, exceeding the scheduled 60 minutes. The hearing took place on Jan. 19, the Trump administration’s last full day in office. Republicans lost majority control of th...

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) WASHINGTON (CN) — As the Supreme Court closed in finally on a deregulation effort dating back to the late ’90s, a lawyer for the government told the justices Tuesday that a media cross-ownership ban was meant for another era. The Federal Communications Commission instituted the ban back in the 1970s, said Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Malcolm Stewart, with radio and television cross-ownership in mind. “The rules were justified by considerations of viewpoint diversity,” Stewart said, “but what the commission meant was, it’s better to have more indepe...

Top Court Hints It Will Let FCC Relax Media-Ownership Limits Bloomberg 1/19/2021 Greg Stohr © Bloomberg The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seal hangs inside a meeting room at the headquarters ahead of a open commission meeting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. The FCC is slated to vote to roll back a 2015 utility-style classification of broadband and a raft of related net neutrality rules, including bans on broadband providers blocking and slowing lawful internet traffic on its way to consumers. (Bloomberg) -- The Supreme Court suggested it w...

SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Case About FCC Regulations Over Media Diversity Elura Nanos © Provided by Law & Crime The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case about the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) rules regulating media ownership. The Court’s ruling may determine who is permitted to own local newspapers and radio and television stations — a decision that could mean major impact on the diversity of viewpoint represented in media. The two consolidated cases are Federal Communications Commission v. Prometheus Radio Project...

Supreme Court Hears Argument Over Media Ownership Rules Alex Edelman/Getty Images The high court, now dominated by conservative justices, could clear the way for deregulation over concerns about the impact on minority and female ownership. On the final full day of the presidency of Donald J. Trump, his administration urged the Supreme Court to allow media ownership rules to change despite some who believe the move would hurt female and minority ownership of broadcast outlets. A high court with three Trump appointees could grant such wish, although the forthcoming decision figures to be prel...