Jill Biden Names New Communications Director

Courtney O'Donnell, communications director for Second
Lady Jill Biden, is leaving that post to move to Europe with her family, the
Office of Vice President Joe Biden said Monday.

She will be replaced by Melanie Kaye, who comes to the
post from D.C. advertising and communications firm GMMB. Before that, Kaye was
press secretary to former Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle. She is also a former
reporter for The Hill.

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.