By Kevin McCauley
Comcast is hiring Federal Communications Commission commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker as senior VP-government affairs at NBCUniversal after her term expires at the end of June.
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Baker, one of two Republicans of the five FCC commissioners, voted in favor of the Comcast-NBC venture and was critical of the nearly one-year time the FCC spent on reviewing the merger.
She faces a lifetime ban on lobbying concerning the Comcast/NBCU agreement and a two-year ban on courting FCC officials.
Kyle McSlarrow, president of Comcast/NBCUniversal’s D.C. operations, praised Baker for her “exceptional relationships in Washington.”
Baker reports to McSlarrow and will work closely with Rick Cotton, executive VP/general counsel and assume the duties of Bob Okun, who is launching a government affairs firm.
Before the FCC, Baker worked on telecommunications and information policy issues in the Bush II Administration. She guided the national roll-out of digital TV.
She also held posts at Williams Mullen Strategies, Covad Communicaons and the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Assn.
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