A US federal appeals court blocked the implementation of new FCC rules that would have allowed for greater media consolidation. The suit against the FCC was filed by the grassroots group Prometheus Radio Project from Philadelphia. In a 2-1 ruling, the court ordered the FCC to provide detailed justification to support their decision that would have lifted caps on cross ownership limiting how many tv stations and newspapers a single company can own in a geographical area. One of the plaintiff’s in the case, Marc Cooper of the Consumer Federation of America, said “Today’s ruling reinforces the public mandate for a diverse and democratic media.”