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Julius Genachowski To Head FCC

Posted by kdawson on from the meet-the-new-boss dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The US President-elect, Barack Obama, has selected Julius Genachowski to lead the Federal Communications Commission. This appears to bode well for a forward-looking (or at least clued) Internet policy, since Genachowski is credited with running Obama's internet-based election campaign, and, according to 'Fierce Telecom,' 'has an impressive record working with technology and communications companies: He was Chief of Business Operations at InterActiveCorp; he's co-founder of Rock Creek Ventures, which currently backs 11 internet-based start-ups, and he's also served on the boards of numerous technology and new media companies, including The Motley Fool, Web.com, Truveo, and Rapt'."

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  1. Mod Parent Up by Moryath · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There's been far too little scrutiny of a number of Obama appointees... he seems to be stacking the cabinet with nothing but extreme left-wingers every chance he gets.

    So much for people who thought he was "honest" or "centrist."

  2. Fine, "On Topic" then: by Moryath · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Here's A Bio of the guy.

    Note why he's really being hired:

    - Schoolchum of Obama
    - Clerked for an odd combination of judges (wonder why?)
    - "Common Sense Media" - anything but, a thinly veiled left-wing group aiming to further tilt the media. Also involved in several highly anti-common sense issues regarding video games.

    This isn't a rosy pick. Of course, I could be wrong. He might walk in first day, declare the RIAA/MPAA/MAFIAA to be a bunch of jerks, re-implement the necessary media-channel ownership laws so that we actually get competition (as opposed to the current ongoing death of local radio, thanks to relaxation of rules that took us from over 5000 station owners to a mere 5 conglomerates owning 99% of the market in a mere two years during the '90s), and recommend the DMCA be tossed out for the useless, anti-innovation pile of shit that it is.

    But seeing his resume, I really doubt it. He looks like a lobbyist masquerading as a public servant and as Obama's already proven by appointing people whose spouses are lobbyists elsewhere, "the federal cash register is open for some 'honest graft' ka-ching!"