Ownership-rewrite deadline challenged. (Capital Watch).(Michael Powell to rewrite media ownership rules)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, February, 2003

Like Julius Caesar, FCC Chairman Michael Powell may have to create a new calendar. That's what some say he will need to meet his late-spring deadline for revising ownership rules. Media Access Project President Andrew Schwartzman (above) predicts the rewrite will last through summer, if not through fall.

Two weeks ago, Powell put the deadline at "very late spring," prompting one Washington source to respond: "Very, very, very late spring." Powell media aide Susan Eid stuck with late spring and threatened to "kill myself" if the review drags on.