Last week, in its “third go-round” with the Commission’s media ownership rules, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit struck down the 2014 rule change requiring ownership attribution for broadcast joint sales agreements (JSAs), while admonishing the Commission for its continued failure – for nearly a decade – to complete the statutorily-mandated Quadrennial Review of media ownership rules.
The court’s patience has clearly worn thin, given its not-so-veiled threat that it may be justified in wiping all the rules off the books if the Commission does not act quickly.
