Stuart Chapman, one-time chief of staff to powerful Democratic West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller, has signed on as Washington lobbyist for Comcast.
Rockefeller, who will not seek re-election in 2014, chairs the Commerce, Science and Transportation committee.
Chapman will help shepherd Comcast's $45B merger with Time Warner Cable through the regulatory thicket.
Netflix is among critics of that deal, fearing a successful merger would result in major problems on the `Net Neutrality protection front.
Jennifer Khoury, senior VP for corporate and digital communications at Comcast, has mounted a spirited rebuttal of Netflix.
She’s blogged that Internet interconnection concern has nothing to do with `Net Neutrality but an attempt by the streaming video/DVD rental-by-mail company’s “wanting to unfairly shift its costs from its customers to all Internet customers.”
Missy Edwards Strategies represents Shein Technology Group, the Los Angeles arm of the embattled Singapore-based “instant fashion” retailer.
Carlsbad, a north San Diego County city of 115K people, is looking for a firm to provide government relations and Sacramento lobbying services.
Gordon Sondland, who was US ambassador to the European Union under Donald Trump, has registered as a representative of Ukraine’s cabinet and ministers.
The Daschle Group is representing Santa Monica-based Stand with Hong Kong Action, an advocacy group that fights to end Chinese repression in Hong Kong.
McKinsey & Co. has reached out to Republican shop Harbinger Strategies to educate policymakers about the activities of the embattled management consultancy.
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