FCC Names Senior Advisor to Chairman on Broadband

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The FCC has named former Discovery executive Phoebe Yang as senior
advisor to the chairman on broadband, a new position.

It will be familiar territory for Yang, who has been heading up
the team managing the plan as general counsel, including representing the FCC
on an inter-agency working group charged with implementing it across the
federal government.

Yang's resume includes VP of corporate development and VP of
digital media operations at Discovery, VP at AOL Time Warner, a stint in the
Clinton administration and law practice at Hogan & Hartson.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.