The Federal Communications Commission kicked off its monthly open meeting with a call to overhaul the decades-old limit on media cross-ownership, which could lead to dramatic changes for newspapers and radio and television stations.

United Nations prosecutors have filed a legal brief insisting that a former Washington Post reporter testify in the case of a Bosnian Serb accused of genocide, elevating the debate over journalists testifying in front of international war tribunals.

Jackson, Mississippi's Clarion-Ledger newspaper on Friday announced Managing Editor Ronnie Agnew had been promoted to executive editor, becoming the first African-American to head the formerly pro-segregationist newspaper.

Troubled French media powerhouse Vivendi Universal on Wednesday reported a net loss of $12.1 billion for the first half of the year and announced plans to sell $9.8 billion in assets, including U.S. publisher Houghton Mifflin.

Frustrated by the nation's slow transition to digital television, federal regulators voted 3-1 to require television manufacturers to include digital tuners in all new sets by July 2007.