House Postpones Re-convening of Media Ownership Hearing

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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The House Communications Subcommittee has postponed its Oct. 21 media ownership hearing, a committee spokesman said late Friday.

It was actually part two of a hearing that began Sept. 25 (http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/house-media-

ownership-hearing-be-continued/144488), when House Speaker John Boehner's surprise resignation announcement delayed the hearing start until it was too close to a series of House floor votes to be able to fit in more than opening statements and witness testimony.

Committee leadership decided to simply recess the hearing until a time could be found to bring the witnesses back. That was to have been Oct. 21, but will not be rescheduled.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.