A three-judge federal appeals court panel on Friday expressed doubts that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia erred in its August 2025 decision that a racial discrimination claim lobbed by Standard General head Soohyung Kim against the FCC has no merit.
As such, Kim’s quest to punish the Commission for forcing his Standard Media Group to abandon its proposed merger With TEGNA — based on his controversial interpretation of the reasons why the deal was aborted — could be nearing its conclusion.
