Federal appeals court restores cross-ownership ban on media

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] on Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [official website] must revise its current media ownership rules, effectively reinstating a ban on owning a television station and newspaper in the same market. The ban, though not dissolved, had been relaxed in recent years. In 2007, the FCC changed the rule [JURIST report] to allow companies to own newspapers and television stations in the 20 largest…