Exam 12: Media Ownership Issues

The Supreme Court once said it was not an antitrust violation for a newspaper company to bundle advertising in its morning and evening newspapers,requiring advertisers to buy an ad in both to get an ad in either one.The case:

The FCC's rule forbidding the creation of new print-broadcast cross-ownerships was affirmed during the 1970s by the Supreme Court in:

The Supreme Court overturned a Joint Operating Agreement in:

As a result of lawsuits challenging the Kansas City Star's business practices,the Star Corporation and its officers faced which of the following legal actions?

In 2004,a federal appellate court decided the case of Commonwealth of Massachusetts v.Microsoft Corp. ,holding that:

In Brantley v.NBC Universal,Inc. ,an appellate court said that a common cable company practice did not violate Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.What practice?

Under the law in effect today,how many AM radio stations in the entire U.S.may one company ordinarily own?

The basic legal principle that the news media are subject to the same antitrust laws as other businesses was established by the Supreme Court in:

The Supreme Court in 2005 held that cable television systems may deny competing Internet service providers access to their high-speed lines.The case:

Under the FCC's 2003 ownership rules,how many TV stations would one company have been allowed to own in the largest markets?

In 2004,a federal appellate court ordered the FCC to reconsider its 2003 deregulation of ownership restrictions.The 2004 decision:

In 2002,the Washington-based U.S.Court of Appeals also ordered the FCC to abolish or better justify its rule barring any company from owning stations that reach more than 35 percent of the nation's TV households.The case:

How would the FCC's 2003 revision of its ownership rules have affected the print-broadcast cross-ownership rule?

In 2002,the D.C.Circuit ordered the FCC to abolish or better justify some of its television duopoly restrictions in smaller markets.The case:

In what case did a consumers' group win the right to pursue antitrust claims against a major domain name registrar?

Under current FCC regulations how many radio stations (including both AM and FM stations)may one company own in a major market such as New York or Los Angeles?

The Supreme Court once said it was an antitrust violation for a newspaper to refuse to accept ads from anyone who advertised in a competing medium.The case:

In 2011,the DoJ and FTC approved the merger of NBC Universal and what company?

The Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 was designed to:

In 2013,the Supreme Court handed down a decision reviewing the Third Circuit's ruling on whether cable customers could file suit as a class against alleged antitrust violations in Comcast's pricing schemes in Philadelphia (Comcast Corp.v.Behrend).What did the Court say?