Free Press News : FCC media rules remain in limbo

Consumer activists, backed by smaller and independent media concerns, challenged the rules and won. A federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled in June 2004 that the FCC had failed to justify its overhaul of the media regulations. It ordered the agency to reconsider the rules, which were stayed. The deadline to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court was originally set for Dec. 3. But the latest extension to the case eliminates any chance that it could be argued in late winter and decided before the court adjourns at the end of June, said Harold Feld, associate director of Media Access Project, a Washington-based public interest law firm that challenged the FCC rules.

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