Ex-NCTA Senior VP Krone Joins Comcast

David Krone, former senior vice president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (in Washington, D.C., joined Comcast as senior VP, corporate affairs.

Krone will be based in Philadelphia.

Before joining the NCTA a little over five years ago, Krone was executive VP of marketing with Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network.

Krone served two tours with NCTA, working briefly for the association in 2000. He was also a candidate for the Federal Communications Commission commissioner's slot eventually taken by Jonathan Adelstein before taking his name out of the hat and joining YES.

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