LMAs can also allow companies to control foreign stations outside their respective countries; Canadian media company Rogers Media is using a joint sales contract to operate Cape Vincent, the New York radio station WLYK, as a station that targets the canadian market adjacent to Kingston, Ontario, where it owns CKXC-FM and CIKR-FM. Rogers owns 47% of WLYK`s licensee, Border International Broadcasting. [20] [21] On December 19, 2015, as the driver of the federal budget, the additional time for the dissolution or modification of the existing ALJ was extended to ten years. [96] On May 25, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit lifted restrictions on joint sales contracts and ruled that the FCC could not manipulate its ownership rules without „fulfilling, over the past four years, its obligation to verify the [rule] and determine whether it was in the public interest.“ [97] On November 16, 2017, under the Trump administration, the FCC agreed that the JSAs should no longer be accountable to the property. [16] Gannett Company`s acquisition of Belo in 2013 was denied by organizations such as the American Cable Association and Free Press, as Gannett was considering using LMAs and two Shell companies owned by former belo and Fisher Communications executives (Sander Media and Tucker Operating Co., respectively) to avoid restrictions imposed by FCC newspapers in Louisville , Phoenix, Portland, Oregon and Tucson. While Gannett said the agreements were legal, Free Press President Craig Aaron said, „The FCC should not let Gannett break the rules. Consolidating the media leads to fewer journalists in the newsroom and fewer opinions on the radio. The concentration of media in the hands of a few companies benefits only the companies themselves. The agreement would have given Gannett a virtual triopoly in Phoenix, consisting of NBC KPNX, independent channel KTVK and kasw, a subsidiary of CW. In Tucson, FOX subsidiary KMSB and KTTU, a subsidiary of MyNetworkTV, have already been operated by KOLD-TV, a subsidiary of raycom Medias CBS, in a shared services agreement based under Belo`s ownership, but gannett would continue to conduct advertising sales for the channels. [61] In 1999, the FCC amended its media ownership rules to account for LMAs formed after November 5, 1996, covering more than 15% of the mailing date, up to the ownership limits of the owner of the intermediation station. [9] Nevertheless, distribution and shared service agreements related to them became increasingly common in the 2000s; These outsourcing agreements multiplied between 2011 and 2013, when channel owners such as Sinclair and Nexstar Broadcasting Group began expanding their portfolios by acquiring additional channels to increase scale and gain leverage in approval negotiations with cable and satellite TV providers.