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FCC Commissioner who voted ‘yes’ to NBC buyout heads to Comcast

May 12, 2011 |

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A Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission who voted to approve the controversial merger of telecommunications giant Comcast and NBC Universal is now taking a job with Comcast as a Washington lobbyist. Meredith Attwell Baker, a Republican FCC Commissioner who formerly worked in the Commerce Department for President George W. Bush, was one of four FCC Commissioners who voted in January to approve Comcast's $13.75 billion deal… Read More