November  6, 1997

KAREN KORNBLUH NAMED DEPUTY BUREAU CHIEF, MASS MEDIA BUREAU

     Karen Kornbluh has been named a Deputy Bureau Chief of the Commission's Mass
Media Bureau.  She will work on digital television matters as well as a variety of other issues
before the Bureau. 

     She is currently Director, Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, a position
she has held since February 1997.  Kornbluh oversaw the Office during implementation of key
provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as well as Congressional passage of the
budget act of 1997.

     Previously, she was Assistant Chief of the Commission's International Bureau.  Kornbluh
was instrumental in the successful completion of the historic World Trade Organization
Agreement on Basic Telecommunications and supervised negotiation of the first satellite
agreement between the United States and Mexico. 

     Kornbluh joined the Commission in November 1994 as Senior Policy Advisor in the
Office of Plans and Policy.  Her responsibilities included Commisson initiatives on   educational
technology and children's television.

     Prior to joining the FCC, she staffed U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) on Commerce
Committee and telecommunications Subcommittee issues.  Previously she advised Fortune 500
high-technology companies as a management consultant at Telesis.  She was an Economist at
Alan Greenspan's economic forecasting firm, Townsend-Greenspan & Co.

     Chairman William Kennard said, "Karen's strategic vision served the Commission well in
OLIA and will be invaluable in dealing with the many complex issues in the mass media arena,
especially those involving digital television."

     She received a master's degree from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of
Government and a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in Economics and English.

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