Deborah Tate

Deborah Tate with Heizo Takenaka, 2006.

Deborah Taylor Tate was a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She was nominated by President George W. Bush on 2005-11-09, for the remainder of the term expiring 2007-06-30. She was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on 2005-12-21, and sworn in as FCC Commissioner on 2006-01-03. She has spoken out in favor of Digital Rights Management and suggested TV may be a contributing factor in childhood obesity.^[1]

In April 2007, the Center for Public Integrity reported that Tate, a Nashville native, received talking points on how to best oppose the pending merger between satellite radio firms XM and Sirius from a representative of Clear Channel, a terrestrial radio company opposing the deal.^[2]

On December 30, 2008 the FCC announced that Tate wound be resigning from office; as one of the three Republican commissioners, her departure was a sure thing given the new Barack Obama administration was set to take office in early January.^[3] In June 2009, President Obama nominated Mignon L. Clyburn to take her place.

References

1. ^ Lasar, Matthew (2006-07-21). "FCC's Tate links TV advertising to childhood obesity". http://www.lasarletter.net/drupal/node/118. 
2. ^ McGarry, Brendan; Welsh, Ben (April 14, 2007). "Clear Channel gives Tate Talking Points Against XM-Sirius merger" (in English). Center for Public Integrity. http://www.publicintegrity.org/telecom/telecomwatch.aspx?eid=2816. 
3. ^ http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/99946

External links

• Official homepage at FCC
• Slashdot article re support of DRM

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