Q&A: Internet Innovation Alliance Co-Chairman David Sutphen - 2009-11-28 07:00:00 | Multichannel News
The Internet Innovation Alliance, a coalition of think tanks, nonprofits and companies focused on universal broadband deployment — from AT&T to the National Education Association — has named a new co-chairman, David Sutphen.
If the name is familiar, that’s because he once was senior vice president of government relations for Viacom. Before that, he held a similar lobbying post with the Recording Industry Association of America.
One of the alliance’s goals is to boosting broadband adoption for minority populations that lag behind other groups in high-speed Internet use. That will be in the sweet spot for Sutphen, who is also former general counsel to the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), handling civil rights and telecom matters...
If the name is familiar, that’s because he once was senior vice president of government relations for Viacom. Before that, he held a similar lobbying post with the Recording Industry Association of America.
One of the alliance’s goals is to boosting broadband adoption for minority populations that lag behind other groups in high-speed Internet use. That will be in the sweet spot for Sutphen, who is also former general counsel to the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), handling civil rights and telecom matters...
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