John Eggerton
John Eggerton, Washington Bureau Chief for B&C and editor of the daily TV Fax, has been with the magazine, based in Washington, since 1981 as a copy boy, editorial assistant, reporter, editor, assistant managing editor, to name only a few titles. He is also a principal contributor to the breaking news section of broadcastingcable.com.
Title: Washington Bureau Chief for B&C
Email: jeggerton@nbmedia.com
Capital LettersLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Flash: Rep. Doesn't Get Together With ProstituteRep. Peter King (R-NY), chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, took a gentle shot at media outlets Sunday Sunday while making an unusual annoucement. The headline on the release from his office–”King Declines Request to Meet with Columbian Prostitute”–was one of the more unusual ones, and really needed the context of the Secret Service scandal. Without... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) FCC Commissioners To Be Sworn InAccording to several sources, new Democratic FCC commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel is expected to be sworn in today (May 11), likely by her now former boss, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.). Republican nominee Ajit Pai is expected to be sworn in Monday, but not clear by whom. Both were approved unanimously by the Senate Monday, May 7, but were awaiting White House paperwork, which has now... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) It's Two, Two, Two DeMints In OneAs far as broadcaster interests were concerned, Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) was playing both the good cop and bad cop at a Commerce Committee hearing Tuesday on the migration of video online. DeMint alone among the senators in attendance pressed Aereo TV investor and acolyte Barry Diller about his service, which broadcasters are essentially unilaterally opposed to. He suggested to Diller... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) A Spectrum Deal DOJ Is Fine WithThe Justice Department may have filed suit against the transfer of spectrum from T-Mobile to AT&T on competition grounds, but it apparently has no problem with the transfer of spectrum from AT&T to T-Mobile as part of the break-up fee over that deal, which Justice helped squelch.The Federal Trade Commission’s “early termination” list Friday, which is a list of... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) C-SPAN: Don't Kill TV MessengerA C-SPAN spokesperson said the Twittersphere lit up Wednesday–after House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said the plug had been pulled on TV coverage Wednesday after the Republican acting speaker walked out. Some of that Twitter reaction was seeking answers from C-SPAN on why it pulled the plug. It didn’t.”It was not us,” said the spokesman. “We take a... More |
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