Mediagazer: Argentina - New broadcast media law is constitutional, supreme court rules (Reporters Without Borders)

3:25 PM ET, October 30, 2013

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Reporters Without Borders:

Argentina - New broadcast media law is constitutional, supreme court rules — Argentina's supreme court ruled yesterday that a new broadcast media law known as the Audiovisual Communication Services Law (LSCA) is constitutional, thereby rejecting an appeal by the Clarín multimedia group, which objected to some of its articles.

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