It’s Official: Tom Wheeler Is The Nominee For The Fcc Chair

President Obama has nominated former cable and wireless lobbyist Tom Wheeler as the future chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. The president also nominated Commissioner Mignon Clyburn as the acting chair for the time between Wheeler’s Senate confirmation and the departure of current Chairman Julius Genachowski in mid-May. As we covered yesterday, Wheeler is a choice that both sides of the regulatory divide support, which is something in an arena as divisive as telecommunications regulation.

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