For Immediate Release                             News Media Contact:
May 19, 2000                                      Steve Adamske 202.418.8221


   SUSANNA ZWERLING NAMEDASSISTANT BUREAU CHIEF FOR PLANNING 
           AND COMMUNICATION IN THE MASS MEDIA BUREAU
                                
Washington, DC Susanna Zwerling has been named Assistant Bureau Chief for
Planning and Communication in the Mass Media Bureau (MMB).  In her new position, Zwerling
will be responsible for planning, external relations and consumer outreach concerning various
MMB policies, programs and services.  

     Prior to her new assignment, she had been special counsel to the bureau chief since
August 1999, and for two years before that had been an attorney-advisor in the MMB's Policy
and Rules Division, working on matters related to the transition to digital television.

Before joining the Commission in July 1997, Zwerling was a trial attorney in the
Telecommunications Task Force of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.  While at
Justice, she was detailed to the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the acquisition of
Turner Broadcasting System by Time Warner, Inc.

Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Zwerling was an associate with the law firm of
Debevoise & Plimpton in New York and a law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of New York.  She has also served as a legislative assistant to then-Congressman Charles
E. Schumer of New York.

She holds a J.D. degree from New York University School of Law and a B.A. from Wesleyan
University.

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