Dan Gonzalez Lands At IGR Group/Mercury Public Affairs

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Former FCC Chief Of Staff Dan Gonzalez has landed at D.C. government relations firm IGR Group/Mercury Public Affairs.

Gonzalez, who managed FCC staff under former Chairman Kevin Martin, has been named managing director in the Washington office of the company.

As Martin’s chief of staff, Gonzalez was known for a tough, top-down management style.

Gonzalez will weigh in on communications, media and security issues, tapping into his experience with broadband, media, wireless and homeland security issues while at the commission.

John Eggerton
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.