Media General Seeks Hearing by U.S. High Court

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By: Frank Green | Richmond Times-Dispatch

Richmond-based Media General Inc. is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal challenging the Federal Communications Commission's bar against the common ownership of newspapers and broadcast stations in the same communities.

"Media General has consistently argued to the FCC that the blanket newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership ban is subject to, and cannot possibly survive, heightened constitutional scrutiny," the company states in a petition filed with the justices on Monday.































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