Tribune fired back at critics of its newspaper-broadcast cross ownership...

Tribune fired back at critics of its newspaper-broadcast cross ownership waivers in the process of the company’s exit from bankruptcy protection. Those critics have renewed their objections to the waivers recently (CD Aug 28 p3). “Tribune has more than amply demonstrated that it is entitled to waivers of the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule,” it said (http://xrl.us/bnoivv). “Moreover, Petitioners also seek to relitigate their pending petition for reconsideration of the 2007 FCC decision approving the transfer of control of Tribune and the grant of several” Tribune station license renewals, it said. “All of these challenges ... are without merit and should promptly be rejected as nothing more than a last-minute effort to delay FCC approval now that the bankruptcy court has confirmed the plan for Tribune’s emergence from bankruptcy."