The full Senate agreed by unanimous consent Thursday to confirm Julius Genachowski as the next chairman of the FCC, reports
B&C. Genachowski helped draft the Obama campaign's technology policy
plan. Previously, he was co-founder of venture-capital firm Rock Creek Ventures and a former adviser to FCC Chairman Reed Hundt. Also, he was a senior executive from 1997 to 2005 at Barry Diller's
IAC.