Tribune Co. v. Federal Communications Commission

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant challenges the Federal Communications Commission’s refusal to grant it a permanent waiver, or at least a temporary-waiver pending the outcome of future rule-making, of its daily newspaper cross-ownership rule. We affirm.

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Tribune Company, which publishes the Sun-Sentinel newspaper in Fort Lauder-dale, Florida, agreed to merge with Renaissance Communications Corporation, the owner of six television station licenses, including WDZL(TV) in Miami, Florida, 1 subject to the FCC’s approval of the transfer of those licenses to Tribune. The Commission, however,…