Copps: FCC May Tighten Media Rules

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WASHINGTON, D.C. The Federal Communica-
tions Commission could consider tightening media ownership regulations as it rewrites them to satisfy a federal appeals court, commissioner Michael Copps said on Wednesday.

Copps, a Democrat who has led opposition to Republican chairman Michael Powell’s attempt to loosen media ownership rules, called for public hearings to begin soon. They would be followed by a rules-drafting and public comment period that could produce new regulations by the middle of 2005, Copps said.


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