] Michael K. Powell announced this afternoon that he would
] step down as chairman of the Federal Communications
] Commission in March, ending a four-year term that was
] marked by the tightening of standards on decency and
] attempts to loosen restrictions on media ownership.

This may be bad news. As assinine as the indecency stuff is, he has tended to take a free-markets approach to regulation. Lessig has spoken favorably of him on various occassions.

] The replacements being considered for Mr. Powell are said by
] administration officials to include another Republican member of
] the commission, Kevin Martin; Becky Klein, a former head of the
] public utility commission in Texas; Patrick Wood III, the head of
] the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and Michael Gallagher,
] head of the National Telecommunications and Information
] Administration in the Commerce Department.

I don't know anything about any of these people.

(I didn't know he was a Clinton appointee -- Bush made
him chair)

Powell Is Stepping Down as Chairman of F.C.C. in March