The NCTA is getting two new executives. Rick Chessen is leaving ...
The NCTA is getting two new executives. Rick Chessen is leaving the FCC and Dianne Smith has left Fox Television Stations to join the cable lobbying group, communications lawyers said. Chessen is Commissioner Michael Copps’ chief legal aide. He…
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was Copps’ chief of staff while the commissioner was the acting FCC chairman. He'll head the NCTA’s legal department, filling the job that Dan Brenner left in March (CD March 2 p12), industry officials said. Long-time broadcast lawyer Smith will take a newly created job at the NCTA as liaison between the legal and lobbying departments, they said. Smith left Fox on Aug. 14, according to a recording on her work voicemail. We couldn’t reach her for comment. Chessen and an NCTA spokesman declined to comment.