[ NNSquad ] Time: FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Stepping Down After Contentious Term: Reports

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Time: FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Stepping Down After Contentious Term: Reports

http://j.mp/Z5xQ5U  (Time)

   "Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will
    announce on Friday that he is stepping down, according to multiple
    reports. Genachowski, who became chairman in 2009, has presided over
    an agency that has grappled with contentious issues like U.S.
    broadband policy, cable and telecom industry competition, and media
    consolidation. In seeking to strike a centrist balance, Genachowski
    managed to displease both public interest groups that have pushed for
    a more activist FCC on issues like media ownership and Internet
    openness, as well as industry giants, particularly AT&T, which had
    proposed buying T-Mobile before the FCC objected."

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