But using the FCC's clout to foster a new industry may hold particular appeal for the former internet executive.
Henry Blodget, the former Internet analyst, also suspects that Facebook's star has fallen a bit since October.
She was until July the director of public relations in Manhattan for Cybuy, a former Internet company.
Business Insider, another AlleyCorp company, is a blog publisher with 19 million readers a month, run by Henry Blodget, the infamous former Internet stock analyst.
In 2009, President Obama tapped Christine A. Varney, a former Internet lobbyist and Federal Trade Commission official, to lead the antitrust division, signaling a split from his predecessor.
Obtaining that order changed the tenor of an investigation into Merrill and its former Internet analyst, Henry Blodget, that began 10 months ago.
Mrs. Morrow, 25, was until November the national advertising sales planner for Urban Box Office Network, a former Internet company based in New York.
Henry Blodget, Merrill Lynch's former Internet analyst, was barred from the securities industry in April for similarly criticizing in private stocks that he supported in public.
Ms. Cantwell, 42, a former Internet executive, had trailed Mr. Gorton, 72, a three-term senator, since late on election night.
The investigations into AOL's former Internet business partners are already turning into major distractions at a time AOL executives are under pressure to revive the company's sagging performance.
One of the most successful examples of a government-run Web site is WhiteHouse.gov, said David Almacy, a former Internet director for George W. Bush's White House.
