Microsoft Hires D.C. PR Manager

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Microsoft has hired a Democratic Hill staffer to be senior public relations manager in its Washington office.

Kate Cyrul Frischmann has been communications director for Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who announced last year he would not seek reelection in 2014.

Prior to working for Harkin, Frischmann was communications director for Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.).

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.