By John Eggerton, Multichannel News

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the FCC’s 2008 decision not to loosen the TV duopoly, radio ownership or TV-radio crossownership rules, but has remanded its loosening of the broadcast/newspaper crossownership rule back to the FCC for failure to meet notice and comment requirements.
It [...]

By Katy Bachman, Adweek
Opponents of media consolidation won a big victory Thursday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit tossed the Federal Communications Commission’s rule that loosened the ban on newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership. It also ruled to keep the limits on the number of TV and radio stations a single [...]

By Sophia Pearson and Todd Shields , Bloomberg

A U.S. appeals court vacated Federal Communications Commission rules relaxing limits on cross- ownership of newspapers and broadcast outlets, saying the agency failed to provide adequate notice.
The [...]

The following  decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit was released today

July 7, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Andrew Jay Schwartzman
andys@mediaaccess.org
202-454-5681
WASHINGTON – The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit today ruled in favor of public interest groups in deciding that the FCC acted improperly in attempting to liberalize its rules prohibiting ownership of newspapers and broadcast stations in the same market.  In [...]

BY TONY MAURO, THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL

Just how conservative or pro-business the Roberts Court is continues to generate debate. But on one subject, the trend line is undeniable: a strong majority favors classic First Amendment protection for even the most objectionable speech.
The Court capped its 2010-11 term Monday with the latest landmark [...]

By John Eggerton, Multichannel News
Reply comments are due Monday, June 27 on the FCC’s retransmission-consent rule review.
The comments will mostly be restating initial objections, support and suggestions for the FCC’s planned tweaking of its rules on broadcast/cable negotiations of payment over station signal carriage, as well as replying to the arguments [...]

By Cecilia Kang, Post Tech

The Supreme Court said Monday that it will rule on the Federal Communications Commission’s ability to police the nation’s airwaves for indecencies.
The justices said they will review a decision by the Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit that put the FCC’s role as indecency watchdog in [...]

By Gautham Nagesh, Hillicon Valley

The Supreme Court struck down a California law that bans the sale of violent video games to minors on Monday, ruling that video games are protected under the First Amendment as free speech.
The court reached a decision in Brown vs. the Entertainment Merchants Association by a vote of 7-2, [...]

By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable

The Federal Communications Commission and Parents Television Council were understandably pleased Monday that the Supreme Court had agreed to decide whether a lower court was right to rule the FCC’s indecency enforcement regime unconstitutionally vague and chilling.
The FCC had sought the High Court hearing and [...]