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 POWELL WANTS TO LEAVE FCC TOP POST - REPORT
By SUZANNE KAPNER and BEN SILVERMAN
Tells staff he's staying.

July 21, 2003 -- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell -
whose plan to relax media ownership rules is facing stiff opposition in
Congress - has reportedly told close friends he wants to leave the agency by
fall.
Also weighing an exit strategy are three of Powell's top four staff members,
who have been putting out feelers for new jobs, reports Time magazine.
A FCC spokesman, reached yesterday by The Post, declined to comment on
Powell's plans or on the plans of any members of his staff.
And one well-placed insider said Powell recently told his staff he has no
intention of resigning.