Communications Personals
E.W. Scripps names Chief Digital Officer Adam Symson to newly created position of chief operating officer, and it says President-CEO Rich Boehne will retire during the second half of 2017 and then remain chairman; at that time, Symson is expected to further advance to CEO; Scripps meanwhile adds Chris Way, ex-Lakana, as vice president-general manager, KMTV Omaha, effective Nov. 28 ... Cox Media Group moves Vice President-General Manager Greg Bilte to that role at KIRO-TV Seattle, effective Dec. 5 and succeeding Jay O’Connor, who said this summer he is leaving the company ... Ride Television Network, in buying production company F2 Media, said F2 co-owner Nathan Fletcher joins Ride as vice president-production.
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Pandora is looking for full-time chief financial officer to report to President-CFO Mike Herring ... Time Warner elevates Laura Dames to executive vice president-general manager, Turner Studios, next-generation production division that supports pay-TV networks and multimedia properties ... UTStarcom Chief Financial Officer Min Xu resigns to work at another company and will remain an adviser until May; Eric Lam, ex-Shanghai Phicomm Communications, joins as vice president-finance, reporting to CEO Tim Ti ... Exar Corp. names John Hartley, ex-Chipworks, division vice president-data compression and security sales and IP monetization.
Joining Real Wireless industry consultancy: Caroline Gabriel, Rethink Technology Research co-founder, market research and telecoms industry analyst; Daniel Bradford, communications and signal-processing expert; Ian Miller, ex-Telefónica, and Mike Smith, both wireless networks and technologies advisers; Ilya Averin, wireless systems analyst; and William Webb, ex-Ofcom, wireless expert ... Airgain adds to board Joan Gillman, ex-Time Warner Cable, which was taken over by Charter Communications.