A week or so ago we reported on the commencement of the Commission’s statutorily-required quadrennial review of its media ownership rules. The Notice of Inquiry in that proceeding has now been published in the Federal Register, which in turn sets the comment and reply comment deadlines. Comments are due by July 12, 2010, reply comments by July 26, 2010. In view of the breadth of the inquiry, it would not be surprising if some extension of those deadlines were to be sought between now and then, although the likelihood of any FCC willingness to extend the dates is far from clear – but for now, at least, it would be best to assume that July 12 and 26 are the target dates to shoot for.
