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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.
Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence start-up, has retained Republican powerhouse firm Fierce Government Relations for DC representation.
Chad Horrell, who was senior manager for government relations at DoorDash, has joined BGR Group as VP in its state and local practice.
Continental Strategy, which has close ties with the Trump administration, has registered Geneva-based Rolex as a client for services regarding the tariffs on watch imports.
Kimberly-Clark calls on Ballard Partners as it moves to acquires Kenvue, maker of Tylenol. 
Brett Horton, who was chief of staff to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, has joined the American Hotel & Lodging Assn. as its chief advocacy officer, a new position.
