Konrad von Finckenstein will not serve a second term as chairman of Canada's broadcast and telecom regulator. Von Finckenstein had been seeking an extension to his term as head of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, people with knowledge of the matter told the Globe and Mail. However, in an internal memo sent 27 September, he informed staff that the government will soon be evaluating candidates to take over his job. Appointed in 2007, Von Finckenstein's five-year term ends in January 2012. A spokesman for Heritage Minister James Moore, one of two federal ministers (along with Industry) who oversee the regulator, said a "process for the selection of a new CRTC chair will be announced in the weeks ahead".
