Brendan Carr is now formally the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, giving him the power to set the agency’s agenda and usher through a host of regulations with major implications for the tech and media industries as soon as he has a Republican majority.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has decided on additional leadership appointments within the commission, including acting bureau leadership.

At a time when very few broadcast stations are owned by minorities, Carr said diversity, equity and inclusion efforts constituted “invidious forms of discrimination”

Brendan Carr announced around a dozen new staff appointments in one of his first acts as Chairman of the FCC. This article, New FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announces staff appointments, was first published at The Desk.

I am honored that this talented team has agreed to join me in leading the FCC and ensuring that we deliver great results for the American people,” chairman Carr said. “They