FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Names New Staffers

Nathan Learner, who has been outreach manager and senior fellow at free market think tank the R Street Institute has been named policy advisor to FCC chairman Ajit Pai. Carlos Minnix will be a staff assistant.

At R Street, Learner was in charge of government relations and wrote about new tech, innovation policy and public safety, according to the chairman's office.

Minnix has been a staff assistant in the spectrum enforcement division of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau.

Pai took over as chairman Jan. 23.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.