Unless revised, that rule would require the companies to either seek a rarely granted waiver or sell the newspapers or stations when their broadcast licenses come up for renewal.
But he now says that had he seen the New York study, "I would have revised that estimate downward".
Watch for FCC action and revised legislation that would do just that sometime in the next few months.
But legislators approved a revised bill that would allow Parliament to lift prosecutorial immunity by a simple majority vote.
He also indicated that he would consider a revised agreement that would better protect copyright owners, say, by requiring that they opt into the digitisation process.
Baucus is now shopping a revised version that would apply only to upper-bracket taxpayers, but some Democratic leaders remain skeptical.
On Wednesday in Chicago, he confirmed that he would not fight a revised law that would extend retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the government spy on American citizens.
The prime minister said after a cabinet meeting in Canberra on Tuesday the government would proceed with a revised policy that would allow GPs to charge an "optional" $5 fee for adults who did not hold concession cards.
The organisers submitted a revised proposal that would place the statue on a four-metre-high plinth designed to be hard to climb and featuring integral scaffolding sockets so hoardings could be easily put around it during demonstrations.
He said he was hoping for rapid approval of a revised proposal that would make demolition of buildings 75 years old or older subject to the city Landmarks Preservation Board's review.
