Broadcasters Hire Republican Trio to Lobby Against XM-Sirius

by on May 24, 2007

WASHINGTON, May 24, 2007 – The National Association of Broadcasters has enlisted the recently re-minted lobbying firm of Bluewater Strategies in its quest to combat the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio.

NAB, which advocates on behalf of local radio broadcasters, has led the lobbying charge against the XM-Sirius combination. The NAB has repeatedly testified against the merger before congressional committee hearings, and at the Federal Communications Commission.

http://www.publicintegrity.org/telecom/telecomwatch.aspx?eid=2953

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Drew Clark / Drew Clark is Editor/Executive Director of BroadbandCensus.com, a FREE web service with news and information about competition, speeds and prices offered by high-speed internet providers. He also hosts DrewClark.com -- The Politics of Telecom, Media and Technology. Previously, he was Senior Writer with National Journal Group, reporting on free speech, intellectual property, privacy, telecommunications and media for Technology Daily, a leading publication on information technology and public policy. He also ran the Center for Public Integrity's telecom and media project, and was Assistant Director of the Information Economy Project at George Mason University School of Law from January 2008 to January 2009. More detailed bio. He has been blogging on TLF since December 2006.

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