Cox's Esser Re-Upped Atop C-SPAN Exec Committee

C-SPAN's board of directors has re-elected Pat Esser, president of Cox Communications to a second term as chairman of the board's executive committee.

Esser took over the post following the death of Time Warner Cable chairman Glenn Britt.

The executive committee provides the board's input on strategy and finances for C-SPAN, the public affairs channel funded by cable operators.

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John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.