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Cable giant Charter Communications, which acquired Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks earlier this year for $65.5 billion, has hired public affairs outfit McBee Strategic Consulting for Capitol Hill issues involving telecommunications and broadcasting.
According to lobbying disclosure documents filed in September, the cable TV operator has retained the government relations shop for help with “issues related to cable and telecom and merger integration.”
Charter’s May mega merger with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks now makes the cable telecommunications company the third-largest in the country. Charter re-branded its residential services under the name Spectrum.
The Charter account will be led by Robert Chamberlin, who was previously chief counsel to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee under chairman John McCain (R-AZ) and assistant counsel on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Julie Bertoson, former associate director to the U.S. Department of Transportation in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs and staff assistant to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee under Chairmen Daniel Inouye (D-HI) and John Rockefeller (D-WV); and Samuel Whitehorn, former deputy staff director and general counsel to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior counsel and staff director to the Committee’s Aviation Subcommittee.
Ballard Partners has signed to a represent the US unit of Rheinmetall, Germany’s biggest defense contractor, on Army procurement issues.
BGR Group signs on to provide lobbying and PR services for Terzo, an AI financial intelligence platform. Douglas Lute, chair of BGR’s international and defense practices, will join Terzo’s board of directors.
Avoq has landed Palantir Technologies, the controversial surveillance company founded by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, as a client.
Anne Kierig, who was senior manager of public policy at Amazon, has joined the American Advertising Federation as VP-government affairs. She takes over for Clark Rector, who is retiring after a 37-year run at AAF.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which was established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump, has hired Valcour LLC, which has close ties with his administration.
