Communications Personals
21st Century Fox names Fox News leadership: Fox Television Stations CEO Jack Abernethy and Senior Executive Vice President Bill Shine named co-presidents, Suzanne Scott moves to executive vice president-programming and development for Fox News Channel, and Executive Vice President-News Editorial Jay Wallace continues managing the news division and Chief Financial Officer Mark Kranz retiring ... Goodfriend Government Affairs hires DeVan Hankerson, ex-Multicultural Media Telecom and Internet Council, as senior director-policy and government relations ... President Barack Obama designates International Trade Commissioner David Johanson vice chairman, term expiring June 16, 2018; his term as regular commissioner ends Dec. 16, 2018.
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Meredith board elects Tom Harty president-chief operating officer, and also promotes Jon Werther to succeed Harty as National Media Group president; company said others elevated include: Georgine Anton to president-Meredith Xcelerated Marketing; Kim Martin to chief brand officer; Stan Pavlovsky to president-Meredith Digital; and Tom Witschi to president-consumer products ... Teleplan appoints Michael Smith, ex-Entercoms, as president-North America region ... Lobbyist registrations: Spotify, Crossroads Strategies, effective Aug. 1 ... Utilities Technology Council, DS2 Group, effective July 1.