A new chief of FCC review of Comcast’s purchase of...
A new chief of FCC review of Comcast’s purchase of control of NBC Universal starts work Monday, a commission spokeswoman said after the hiring of John Flynn was confirmed Wednesday. The FCC chose him about a month ago to oversee…
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its staff evaluation of the deal (CD May 3 p1), commission officials said. Some speculated that the agency had held off on publicizing the action while Chairman Julius Genachowski worked to release details of his plan to reclassify broadband transport under Title II, with forbearance on many rules. Flynn will head the “working team” reviewing the transaction “under the guidance of the inter-bureau steering committee” that Genachowski set up soon after the companies sought commission approval, the commission said. Flynn most recently was general counsel of ICO Global, a communications satellite company, where he won the largest U.S. jury verdict of 2008, the commission said. The company got a jury verdict of more than $371 million in a contract dispute against Boeing. Flynn has worked at WilmerHale, where other top commission officials hired by Genachowski have been employed. They include Media Bureau Chief Bill Lake, who will work with Flynn on the deal review. Like Genachowski and other aides, Flynn was a Supreme Court clerk. “John’s expertise and broad experience will help to ensure that the Commission’s review is thorough, fair, and efficient,” Genachowski said in a written statement. Flynn isn’t commenting on his plans for the job, the commission spokeswoman said.