Newspaper Trade Group Joins Those Appealing Media Ownership Rules

WASHINGTON (AP) - A newspaper trade group on Monday joined Tribune Co. and the parent companies of CBS, Fox and NBC in asking the Supreme Court to restore the government's media ownership rules, which have been thrown out by a lower court.
The groups contend the Federal Communications Commission rules easing ownership restrictions are necessary because the old regulations hamper companies' ability to grow and compete in a market that now includes cable television, satellite broadcasting and the Internet.
Last June the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia struck down the rules change.

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