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COPYRIGHT 2004 The Dallas Morning News
Byline: Jim Landers
Jun. 25--WASHINGTON -- An effort to ease the government's media concentration rules was stopped by a federal appeals court Thursday, which told the Federal Communications Commission to come up with a better rationale.
The 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia blocked FCC decisions last summer allowing media companies to own as many as three television stations, a daily newspaper and eight radio stations in the same market.
Consumer groups applauded the ruling as a victory for media diversity and competition, while FCC Chairman Michael Powell, a Republican, complained that it "sets near impossible standards for justifying bright-line ownership limits."
Commissioner Michael Copps, a Democrat, praised the decision.
"The rush to media consolidation...
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