... pending judicial review. David Caruso/AP report that the rules that would allow a single company to own newspapers and broadcast outlets in the same city will have to wait. The House voted in July to overturn the rules, and the Senate is supposed to take this up next week.

The rules were challenged in court by the Prometheus Radio Project, a Philadelphia-based coalition of media access groups that campaigns for greater radio access and helps groups seeking to establish low-power radio stations.

"Given the magnitude of this matter and the public's interest in reaching the proper resolution, a stay is warranted pending thorough and efficient judicial review," a three-judge panel of the appeals court wrote in its brief opinion. The judges did not comment on the merits of the complaint.

One way or another, the concentration of distribution channels of media and IP have to be looked at by the public and their representatives, because the media business on it's own will just keep merging. Another day, another merger/acquisition.