Media Institute Appoints Two New Board Members

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Meredith Attwell Baker, now of NBCUniversal, and John Orlando of CBS, have been elected to the board of trustees of The Media Institute.

Baker is senior VP of government relations for NBCU and, as head of the National Telecommunications & Information Administration and FCC commissioner, was a featured speaker at the group's monthly newsmaker luncheons and banquets.

Orlando is senior VP of government relations for CBS and a former executive with the National Association of Broadcasters and chief of staff for the House Energy & Commerce Committee.

The institute is a nonprofit First Amendment think tank backed by major media companies, foundations, associations and individuals.

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.