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  *****************************************************************  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              NEWS MEDIA CONTACT
  May 18, 2000                            Michelle Russo (202) 418-2358
       
                              
                              
      DEPUTY CABLE CHIEF ADONIS HOFFMAN TO DEPART FCC 
  
  Washington, DC Deborah Lathen, chief of the Cable Services Bureau at the
  Federal Communications Commission, announced today that Adonis Hoffman will depart
  the Commission at the end of May. Hoffman leaves his post as Deputy Chief of the
  FCC's Cable Services Bureau to become Senior Vice President and Counsel at the
  American Association of Advertising Agencies in Washington, DC.  A replacement has
  not yet been named.
  
  Deborah Lathen said, "Adonis has been an integral member of the cable team.  
  His work as a knowledgeable manager and policy maker has been invaluable. I will miss
  him as a trusted advisor and personal friend."
  
  Mr. Hoffman joined the FCC in 1998 as Senior Counsel for Development
  Policy in the International Bureau and was tapped by Cable Chief Lathen for the
  deputy job in 1999.  Mr. Hoffman helped to coordinate the Bureau's broadband
  monitoring efforts, industry outreach, and was a member of the Bureau's merger
  review team.  
  
  Mr. Hoffman received a J.D. from Georgetown University and a B.A. from
  Princeton University. 
  
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