• Mediaweek, Wednesday, September 13, 2006 11:30 AM

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin now says he is not comfortable with some of the agency's decisions that he backed just a few years go--the ones aimed at letting big media companies increase their holdings. His seeming about-face at his confirmation hearing for a second term comes as the FCC reconsiders its rules limiting media ownership--including one that limits them in the largest markets. When asked whether he feels comfortable that a company could own eight radio stations, three TV stations, the cable company, and the dominant newspaper in one city, he said it gives him pause. "I'm not so sure I was comfortable with the decision when we made the decision previously," Martin says. And he says the FCC will undertake its current, court-mandated review of the rules with "an open mind."

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