No improv necessary here: FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has selected an acting Media Advisor … for media issues.
He is currently the Associate Chief of the Media Bureau’s Video Division, having recently returned to the FCC following a year in Rwanda, where he served as a program specialist for a USAID-funded project designed to increase access to justice and enhance the rule of law.
Taking the job is Ben Arden.
It’s a key role for those in broadcast media’s C-Suite seeking regulatory relief as a spark to a dreary dealmaking market for Radio.
“Ben’s extensive experience in the Media Bureau will be an asset to the office, particularly as the FCC continues its work to modernize our media regulations and promote investment in local journalism,” Carr said. “I look forward to drawing on his advice and counsel.”
Before his trek to Africa, Arden held various positions in the Media Bureau’s Industry Analysis Division, most recently serving as Deputy Division Chief. In these roles at the FCC, he focused on a wide range of media issues including the impact of technology and competition on the media marketplace, broadcast ownership regulation, transaction review, facilitating foreign investment, localism, and diversity.
Prior to joining the FCC in 2010, he was a communications attorney in the Washington, D.C., office of Williams Mullen.
