Article: MEDIA MERGERS COULD KILL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW OVERHAUL.(MAIN)

Byline: JUBE SHIVER JR. Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON Amid mounting concern that the recent wave of media mergers will dangerously diminish competition in key segments of the communications industry, the Clinton administration is considering a variety of tactics to slow the decadelong trend toward media consolidation.

It's unclear whether any of the measures now being weighed would seriously threaten Walt Disney Co.'s proposed purchase of Capitol Cities/ABC Inc., Westinghouse Electric Corp.'s bid for CBS Inc., or Time Warner Inc.'s expected bid for Turner Broadcasting System Inc.

But a hotly contested effort to overhaul the United States' ...

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