Ownership Rules

2022 Quadrennial Review of Media Ownership Rules Moving Forward with Anticipated Comment and Reply Comment Deadlines Set January 13, 2023

As we previously reported, last month the FCC announced the commencement of its statutorily required 2022 Quadrennial Review proceeding to examine its media ownership rules. According to the Federal Register...

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FCC Commences 2022 Quadrennial Review of Media Ownership Rules with Public Notice Seeking Comments in Freshly Opened Docket December 22, 2022

This afternoon the FCC issued a Public Notice (the “Notice”) commencing its 2022 Quadrennial Review proceeding to examine its media ownership rules.  The Notice opens a new docket for the...

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Over $500,000 Fine for Violating Local Television Ownership Rules’ Prohibition on Common Ownership of Two Top-Four Same-Market Television Stations December 22, 2022

Over the dissent of Commissioner Nathan Simington, the FCC issued a significant Forfeiture Order (the “Order”) levying a $518,283 penalty—the maximum allowed by law—against a large media company (the “Company”)...

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Comment Deadlines Extended for Record Refresh in 2018 Quadrennial Review July 30, 2021

The Media Bureau has extended by approximately one month the comment and reply comment deadlines in the FCC’s efforts to see a “refresh” of the record in its 2018 Quadrennial...

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FCC Issues Early Reminder of Forthcoming Biennial Ownership Report Filing Window July 1, 2021

By recent Public Notice (the “Notice”), the FCC’s Media Bureau has reminded broadcasters that 2021 is a biennial ownership report filing year.  That means that all licensees of commercial and...

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Comment Deadlines Set for Record Refresh in 2018 Quadrennial Review July 1, 2021

We now know the comment and reply comment deadlines in the FCC’s efforts to see a “refresh” of the record in its 2018 Quadrennial Review proceeding.  According to a recent...

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Reinstated 2017 Media Ownership Rules Take Effect July 1, 2021

As you likely recall, last month the FCC issued an Order (the “Order”) formally reinstating, among other things, the 2017 multiple ownership rule changes that had been challenged in federal...

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FCC Adopts Order Reinstating 2017 Media Ownership Rule Changes and Issues Public Notice Seeking to Refresh Record in 2018 Quadrennial Review June 4, 2021

Earlier this afternoon—and approximately two months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in the Prometheus multiple ownership case—the FCC (1) released an Order (the “Reinstatement Order”) formally reinstating, among...

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U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Sides With FCC In ‘Prometheus’ Media Ownership Deregulation Case April 1, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court today released an opinion (the “Opinion”) in which it unanimously held that the FCC acted properly and within its discretion when it relaxed several of its...

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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on FCC’s Ownership Rules: Justices Consider Whether FCC Acted Within Legal Boundaries When Attempting to Relax Local Media Ownership Rules January 19, 2021

On January 19, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court held the long-anticipated oral arguments on the dual bids by the NAB and FCC to reverse a Third Circuit Court of Appeals...

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