Leibowitz Still on Job at FTC

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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A Federal Trade Commission spokesman had no comment on the status of a replacement for FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz, who remains atop the agency, or how long the current chairman would continue to delay his planned exit.

Leibowitz planned to exit Feb. 15, but agreed to remain on through last week, then into this week, and was still on the job at press time.

All indications point to his staying put pending the naming of a replacement, acting or otherwise, even though the signals out of the agency last week were that he might leave, replacement or no.

John Eggerton
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.