Lobbyist Rappaport Joining Mediacom

Cable lobbyist Marvin Rappaport, formerly with Charter Communications Inc., has joined Mediacom Communications Corp. as vice president of government relations based in the company's Middletown, N.Y., office.

Rappaport -- a lawyer who was an aide to former Rep. Matthew McHugh (D-N.Y.) -- will represent Mediacom before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission and the White House.

Mediacom announced the appointment Wednesday.