“Recently, even at the biggest conglomerates, where deregulation is an article of faith, some executives have professed a certain nostalgia for a more restrictive era. From the libertarian-minded media investor John C. Malone to Donald E. Graham of the Washington Post Company, executives in television, radio, music, newspapers and cable TV have started to talk about the unintended consequences of two decades of deregulation and to ask for new rules, setting the stage for battles in Congress and the courts.”