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FCC NAMES DAVID WATERMAN CHIEF ECONOMIST
Washington, D.C. - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced today the 
appointment of David Waterman as Chief Economist. Waterman is a professor at Indiana University and 
will start at the FCC in January of 2015.
“I’m delighted that David Waterman has agreed to join the Commission as our Chief Economist. His 
understanding of the communications industries, and of the relationship of market structures to public 
policy, will allow him to contribute immediately at the FCC. Professor Waterman’s presence will aid in 
our effort to beef up the role of economics in FCC decision-making,” said Chairman Wheeler. 
Waterman joins the Commission from Indiana University at Bloomington, where he is Professor Emeritus 
in the Department of Telecommunications, The Media School.  Waterman’s research centers on 
communications industries, especially the media. He is an expert on vertical integration and other aspects 
of market structure in multichannel television, and on the economics of programming, copyright, and 
Internet video distribution. While at the Commission, Waterman expects to focus on media-related issues. 
Waterman received his undergraduate degree in Economics at the University of Southern California and a 
Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University. Prior to joining Indiana University, he was on the faculty 
of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.
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