President Obama to Name Wheeler to Head FCC
April 30, 2013
President Barack Obama is expected to soon nominate a former top lobbyist for the cable and wireless industries to lead the Federal Communications Commission, two people familiar with the matter said. [Note: Reuters attributes the news to “a White House official”] Tom Wheeler, a venture capitalist and longtime industry operative, will be tapped to lead the agency that governs the nation's scarce wireless airwaves and regulates telephone networks and indecency on television. President Obama is expected to make the announcement as soon as May 1, an industry official and a person familiar with the situation said. Current FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn will act as interim chairman, the industry official said.
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