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FCC media ownership rules won’t be reinstated

Monday, June 13, 2005 | 9:27 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court today turned away several appeals from broadcast and newspaper groups that sought to restore new government rules easing restrictions on media ownership.

Without comment, justices let stand a lower court ruling that threw out the Federal Communications Commission regulations as unjustified.

The agency now must take a second shot at revising its older set of ownership rules that the media groups say are inadequate to address the burgeoning cable television, satellite broadcasting and Internet markets.

The proposed changes would have allowed a single company to own TV stations and a newspaper in the same area, and to own more TV and radio stations in a single market.

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