President Obama is getting an earful about who he should nominate as the next chair of the Federal Communications Commission, but despite all the noise and Beltway gossip, one name keeps popping to the top: Tom Wheeler.
Wheeler "appears to still have the inside track," wrote Stifel analysts Christopher King and David Kaut.
It didn't hurt Wheeler that he picked up backing this week from 11 public interest advocates and former government officials. In a letter to the president, they praised the former cable lobbyist and venture capitalist as someone with an "open mind and an intelligent take on the challenges that will confront the new chairman," namely the expansion of broadband, the build-out of a public safety network and the pending auction of TV spectrum to meet the growing demand for wireless services.
The letter, sent April 9 and first reported by The Hill, serves as a counterweight to a...
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