Majoras league.(Capital Watch)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, May, 2004

Antitrust lawyer Deborah Majoras, President Bush's pick to replace Timothy Muris as head of the Federal Trade Commission, shares Muris's philosophy. She was a key supporter of his ill-fated attempt to stop the commission from reviewing media mergers and leave the task solely to the Department of Justice.

Historically, Justice and the FTC decide which agency will review a media merger on a case-by-case basis. The Justice maneuver was defeated after Democrats and activists argued that the FTC does a more thorough job. At the time, Majoras was second in command of the Justice Department's antitrust division. In that capacity, she negotiated the government's settlement of antitrust charges against Microsoft. She left Justice recently for private...