The FCC issued a different extension of a deadline for five...

The FCC issued a different extension of a deadline for five owners of daily newspapers and/or radio or TV stations to change requests for pending waivers of cross-ownership rules or seek permanent exemptions. The Media Bureau has pushed back the deadline 17 times before, with the latest having been this Friday (CD Oct 4 p20). A Thursday bureau order delayed the deadline in new ways. Bonneville International, Calvary Inc., Cox Enterprises, Morris Communications and Scranton Times LP had sought more time, because there are pending petitions seeking Supreme Court review of 2008 cross-ownership rules. The deadline is now 90 days after the high court denies the cert petitions. If, on the other hand, the court takes up a challenge, the deadline would be 90 days after final judgment is rendered and is no longer subject to further “judicial review or appeal” and pending cross-ownership rule challenges are disposed of, according to the order (http://xrl.us/bmoivs) signed by bureau Chief Bill Lake.