President Nominates Dr. Joshua Wright To FTC

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President Barack Obama Tuesday nominated Dr. Joshua Wright to be a member of the Federal Trade Commission.

Wright, a Republican, is currently a professor at George
Mason University School of Law. It will be a homecoming of sorts for Wright,
who served as the inaugural scholar in residence at the FTC's competition
bureau in 2007-2008.

Wright's resume also includes teaching public policy at
Pepperdine and a clerkship for California U.S. District court Judge James
Selna.

The term of Commissioner J. Thomas Rush (Republican) expires
Sept. 25, but he can continue to serve until a replacement, in this case Wright,  is confirmed.

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.