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Cox Media Given 60 More Days To Sell Ohio Newspapers

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https://www.wvxu.org/post/cox-media-given-60-more-days-sell-ohio-newspapers#stream/0

Cox Media Group says it has been granted a 60-day extension to continue publishing daily newspapers in Dayton, Hamilton, Middletown and Springfield while looking for a new buyer for the papers.

Apollo Global Management's Terrier Media agreed to pay $3.1-billion last February for Atlanta-based Cox Media Group, which includes WHIO-TV, Dayton's top-rated TV station; news radio WHIO-AM; country music WHKO-FM; classic hits WZLR-FM; the Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun, the Journal-News in Hamilton and Middletown; and Dayton.com.

At the time, the government permitted "cross ownership" of television stations and daily newspapers in the same market. However, a Third Circuit Court of Appeals in October re-instated a 1975 Federal Communications Commission rule banning cross ownership. With the rule back in place, Terrier told the FCC in November it would reduce publishing to three days a week so they would no longer be daily newspapers
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The group that owns Atlanta Journal Constitution, WSB-TV and WSB Radio is looking for a new buyer for their Ohio Newspapers.
 
Huh? According to the FCC that rule is gone.

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/fccs-review-broadcast-ownership-rules

I also thought that was a stymie for moving WSBB intown (or WALR or WSRV for that matter)...and once that rule went away Cox could proceed with moving WSBB from the Chateau Elan tower to downtown.

I know Cox had a waiver in ATL but I thought that that waiver would have to be revisited and re-upped if WSRV or WSBB or WALR moved intown.

I thought Apollo just wanted to unload a dead-tree media operation and the sale was planned all along.

Or does that court ruling only apply to that one circuit?
 
The courts re-instated the rule.



jabba17 said:
Huh? According to the FCC that rule is gone.

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/fccs-review-broadcast-ownership-rules

I also thought that was a stymie for moving WSBB intown (or WALR or WSRV for that matter)...and once that rule went away Cox could proceed with moving WSBB from the Chateau Elan tower to downtown.

I know Cox had a waiver in ATL but I thought that that waiver would have to be revisited and re-upped if WSRV or WSBB or WALR moved intown.

I thought Apollo just wanted to unload a dead-tree media operation and the sale was planned all along.

Or does that court ruling only apply to that one circuit?
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TheBigA said:
Yes, here's the story:

https://news.****************/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=b16100
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It sounds like it applies to more than just the Third Circuit, since the FCC went ahead and reinstated the rule themselves as opposed to merely letting the court order prevail over their rules within the court's Third Circuit jurisdiction. The FCC could have done that, but it would have resulted in some markets being subject to the co-ownership rule and some not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit

Since Ohio isn't in the Third Circuit, this ruling wouldn't have applied to the Dayton market directly.

In any case, the FCC needs to update their website, then.

And Roddy's right--in Atlanta's case, the AJC is owned by Cox Enterprises, and the Atlanta stations are owned by Apollo-owned Cox Media Group, which is no longer part of Cox Enterprises.
 
jabba17 said:
It sounds like it applies to more than just the Third Circuit, since the FCC went ahead and reinstated the rule themselves as opposed to merely letting the court order prevail over their rules within the court's Third Circuit jurisdiction. The FCC could have done that, but it would have resulted in some markets being subject to the co-ownership rule and some not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit

Since Ohio isn't in the Third Circuit, this ruling wouldn't have applied to the Dayton market directly.

In any case, the FCC needs to update their website, then.

And Roddy's right--in Atlanta's case, the AJC is owned by Cox Enterprises, and the Atlanta stations are owned by Apollo-owned Cox Media Group, which is no longer part of Cox Enterprises.
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Dang I didn't realize there are 3 different media companies named Cox, (Cox Enterprises owners of AJC, Cox Media owned by Apollo group, and Cox Broadcast Group the one that lost their broadcasting license to operate WCGA-AM in South Georgia.
 
jabba17 said:
It sounds like it applies to more than just the Third Circuit, since the FCC went ahead and reinstated the rule themselves as opposed to merely letting the court order prevail over their rules within the court's Third Circuit jurisdiction. The FCC could have done that, but it would have resulted in some markets being subject to the co-ownership rule and some not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit

Since Ohio isn't in the Third Circuit, this ruling wouldn't have applied to the Dayton market directly.

In any case, the FCC needs to update their website, then.

And Roddy's right--in Atlanta's case, the AJC is owned by Cox Enterprises, and the Atlanta stations are owned by Apollo-owned Cox Media Group, which is no longer part of Cox Enterprises.
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In this instance, the District Court systems hear cases in their region that apply to Federal laws and regulations regarding telecommunications. Their decisions are nationally binding, but can be appealed to a higher jurisdiction.

There is actually a rather good and concise wiki on District Courts at the Federal level. There are also state district court systems, too

This is a simplified analysis of a complex court system. I'm not pretending to be giving legal advice or interpretation. :eek:
 
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