The FCC and Public Knowledge veteran succeeds the retiring Gene Kimmelman as head of the public interest group.
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Pay TV A Backer Of Public Knowledge
The media watchdog group headed by Gene Kimmelman (c) that has been lobbying in favor of retransmission consent reform received more than $100,000 in donations from pay TV industry proponents of retrans reform last year, including contributions of about $25,000 apiece from Time Warner Cable, DirecTV and Dish Network. Other lesser contributors included Cablevision Systems, Charter Communications, Verizon and the American Cable Association.
Gene Kimmelman, a former Justice Department official and public interest media advocate, succeeds Gigi Sohn as head of the nonprofit consumer advocacy group.
