MAP Asks Court To Overturn News Corp. Waivers

MAP ASKS COURT TO OVERTURN NEWS CORP WAIVERS
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The Media Access Project (MAP) has appealed the FCC's decision to allow News Corp. to continue to own WNYW(TV) New York and The New York Post. On October 6th, the Commission gave News Corp. a permanent waiver of its newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule for the station in the nation's top market. They also gave a temporary waiver of 24 months to continue to own WWOR-TV Secaucus, N.J., and The Post. MAP argues that the Commission 1) "erroneously represented" that the Fox waiver was unopposed; 2) "failed to provide public notice of Fox's request for a waiver...or seek public comment; and 3) failed to explain its change of position since a 2001 decision rejecting a similar waiver request and requiring Fox to come into compliance with the newspaper/broadcast crossownership ban.
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