Leibowitz Plans to Remain Atop FTC Into Next Week

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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon
Leibowitz has told aides he will be sticking around into next week.

His
plan had been to exit Feb. 15, but late last week he signaled he would continue
through this week if necessary to give the President the opportunity to name an
acting chairman, but FTC aides had indicated he would leave by Friday,
replacement or no.

Now
an FTC spokesman says that, since there has been no word from the White House,
Leibowitz has decided to stick around a while longer.

He
has not announced any future plans.

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.