Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Obama to Name Tom Wheeler to Head FCC

President Barack Obama is expected to soon nominate a former head of the largest U.S. cable TV and mobile trade organizations to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, WSJ.com reports. 

Some policy advocates will decry Wheeler's nomination, but he is an acknowledged subject matter expert on both the cable and mobile industries. Others might say an FCC chairman intimately familiar with the funding of new entities should have views about innovation and regulation that could be helpful as the FCC grapples with how to adapt its regulation to a non-monopoly world where innovation can outrun regulatory understanding. 

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