Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 217 / Monday, November 13, 2017 / Notices 52319 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Cooperative Research 

Group on ROS-Industrial ConsortiumAmericas 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

October 18, 2017, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Southwest Research Institute— 

Cooperative Research Group on ROSIndustrial Consortium-Americas (‘‘RICAmericas’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

Membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, Tormach, Inc., Waunakee, 

WI, has been added as a party to this 

venture. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open and RIC-Americas 

intends to file additional written 

notifications disclosing all changes in 

membership or planned activities. 

On April 30, 2014, RIC-Americas filed 

its original notification pursuant to 

Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department 

of Justice published a notice in the 

Federal Register pursuant to Section 

6(b) of the Act on June 9, 2014 (79 FR 

32999). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on April 7, 2017. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on May 2, 2017 (82 FR 20488). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24545 Filed 11–9–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

United States v. Entercom 

Communications Corp., et al.; 

Proposed Final Judgment and 

Competitive Impact Statement 

Notice is hereby given pursuant to the 

Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 

15 U.S.C. 16(b)–(h), that a proposed 

Final Judgment, Stipulation, and 

Competitive Impact Statement have 

been filed with the United States 

District Court for the District of 

Columbia in United States of America v. 

Entercom Communications Corp., Case 

No. 1:17–cv–02268. On November 1, 

2017, the United States filed a 

Complaint alleging that Entercom 

Communications Corp.’s proposed 

acquisition of CBS Radio, Inc. would 

violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 

U.S.C. 18. The proposed Final 

Judgment, filed on the same day as the 

Complaint, resolves the case by 

requiring Entercom to divest certain 

broadcast television stations in Boston, 

Massachusetts; San Francisco, 

California; and Sacramento, California. 

A Competitive Impact Statement filed 

by the United States describes the 

Complaint, the proposed Final 

Judgment, and the industry. 

Copies of the Complaint, proposed 

Final Judgment, and Competitive Impact 

Statement are available for inspection 

on the Antitrust Division’s website at 

http://www.justice.gov/atr and at the 

Office of the Clerk of the United States 

District Court for the District of 

Columbia. Copies of these materials may 

be obtained from the Antitrust Division 

upon request and payment of the 

copying fee set by Department of Justice 

regulations. 

Public comment is invited within 60 

days of the date of this notice. Such 

comments, including the name of the 

submitter, and responses thereto, will be 

posted on the Antitrust Division’s 

website, filed with the Court, and, under 

certain circumstances, published in the 

Federal Register. Comments should be 

directed to Owen M. Kendler, Chief, 

Media, Entertainment, and Professional 

Services Section, Antitrust Division, 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20530, (telephone: 202–305–8376). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, United 

States Department of Justice, Antitrust 

Division, 450 Fifth Street NW., Suite 4000, 

Washington, DC 20530 Plaintiff, v. 

ENTERCOM COMMUNICATIONS CORP., 

401 E. City Avenue, Suite 809, Bala Cynwyd, 

PA 19004 and CBS CORPORATION, 51 W. 

52nd Street, New York, NY 10019 

Case No: 1:17–cv–02268 

Judge: Boasberg 

Defendants. 

COMPLAINT 

The United States of America brings 

this civil action to enjoin the proposed 

acquisition of CBS Radio, Inc. by 

Entercom Communications Corporation, 

and to obtain other equitable relief. The 

acquisition likely would substantially 

lessen competition for the sale of radio 

advertising to advertisers targeting 

English-language listeners in the Boston, 

Sacramento, and San Francisco 

Designated Market Areas (‘‘DMAs’’), in 

violation of Section 7 of the Clayton 

Act, 15 U.S.C. 18. The United States 

alleges as follows: 

I. NATURE OF THE ACTION 

1. Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan 

of Merger dated February 2, 2017, 

between Entercom, CBS Radio, Inc. and 

CBS Corporation, Entercom agreed to 

acquire CBS Radio in a Reverse Morris 

Trust transaction valued at over $1.6 

billion. CBS Radio is a subsidiary of 

CBS Corporation. 

2. Entercom and CBS Radio own and 

operate broadcast radio stations in 

various locations throughout the United 

States, including multiple stations in 

Boston, Massachusetts, Sacramento, 

California, and San Francisco, 

California. Entercom and CBS Radio 

compete head-to-head for the business 

of local and national companies that 

seek to advertise on English-language 

broadcast radio stations in these three 

DMAs. 

3. As alleged in greater detail below, 

the proposed acquisition would 

eliminate this substantial head-to-head 

competition in Boston, Sacramento, and 

San Francisco, and likely would result 

in advertisers paying higher prices for 

radio advertising. Therefore, the 

proposed acquisition would violate 

Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 

18, and should be enjoined. 

II. JURISDICTION, VENUE, AND 

COMMERCE 

4. The United States brings this action 

under the direction of the Attorney 

General and pursuant to Section 15 of 

the Clayton Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 

25, to prevent and restrain Entercom 

and CBS Corp. from violating Section 7 

of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18. The 

Court has subject-matter jurisdiction 

over this action pursuant to Section 15 

of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 25, and 28 

U.S.C. 1331, 1337(a), and 1345. 

5. Entercom and CBS Corporation are 

engaged in interstate commerce and in 

activities substantially affecting 

interstate commerce. They own and 

operate broadcast radio stations in 

various locations throughout the United 

States and sell radio advertising time on 

those stations to advertisers located 

throughout the United States. 

Defendants’ radio advertising sales have 

a substantial effect upon interstate 

commerce. 


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