FCC Member Mulls Piecemeal Approach

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WASHINGTON The newest member of the Federal Communications Commission today said the agency might separately consider parts of media ownership rules.

The stance by Robert McDowell, a Republican who took office in June, indicates the agency could move quickly toward eased restrictions on newspaper owners buying nearby broadcast stations.

“I would be open to it. It makes a certain amount of logical sense,” said McDowell, when asked if the ownership rules under review could be considered separately.

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