PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A U.S. federal court on Wednesday blocked controversial new Federal Communications Commission media ownership rules pending a full judicial review, a blow to large media companies hoping to grow.
In a loss also for the architect of the rules, Republican FCC Chairman Michael Powell, the three-judge panel of the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia granted a stay barring the rules from taking effect as scheduled on Thursday.
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