Communications Personals
Joining Telecommunications Law Professionals is communications lawyer Dennis Corbett, ex-Lerman Senter, as a member ... MusicFIRST Coalition hires Chris Israel, a former George W. Bush administration official who the group says has worked with those promoting a strong copyright system, as executive director ... Morrison & Foerster appoints John Carlin, ex-DOJ, to chairman, Global Risk + Crisis Management practice ... Copyright Office promotes Regan Smith to deputy general counsel ... American Airlines hires Shannon Gilson, ex-director of the FCC Office of Media Relations, as director-public relations.
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At 21st Century Fox, Executive Vice President-Fox Group Legal Gary Roberts retiring, effective Feb. 1; and company moves Jill Ratner to new role at the parent company as deputy general counsel-litigation ... Univision Communications promotes Rosemary Mercedes to executive vice president-chief communications officer ... Hearst Television moves up to executive vice presidents Frank Biancuzzo and Michael Hayes ... Comcast promotes Lisa Bonnell to senior vice president-general auditor ... Resonant CEO, board member and co-founder Terry Lingren retiring, succeeded by President-Chief Commercial Officer and board member George Holmes ... MetTel tapped Sean Sullivan, ex-Verizon, as vice president-product management and regulatory affairs.
Acxiom hires from Merkle as vice presidents of the Audience Solutions division Marc Fanelli, now for Audience Solutions and leader of the global data team; and both for global data Chandos Quill and Karen Caulfield ... Cybersecurity firm PAS adds Jason Haward-Grau, ex-Mol Group, as chief information security officer ... Branded Entertainment Network appoints Tamra Knepfer, ex-TK Brand Group, to senior vice president, Greenlight ... Simmons Research promotes Jackie Anderson to chief client officer ... Gigamon adds Gerard Allison, ex-Juniper Networks, as vice president-Europe, Middle East and Africa ... MEF names Dan Pitt, ex-Open Networking Foundation and software-defined networking expert, senior vice president ... Sherpa Technology Group appoints Peter Detkin, technology and intellectual property expert, senior adviser at the firm, which used to be 3LP Advisors.
Senate Democratic leadership elevates Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Brian Schatz of Hawaii to chief deputy whips ... Nexstar extends contract of Executive Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Thomas Carter, which was to expire in August 2018, through Dec. 31, 2021 ... After the sale of Yahoo operating businesses to Verizon, the seller said in an SEC filing it will become Altaba, operate as "an investment company" and reduce its board to: Eric Brandt, who, effective now, becomes chairman; and also as directors Tor Braham, Catherine Friedman, Thomas McInerney and Jeffrey Smith; Maynard Webb, who becomes chairman emeritus, will resign; also resigning not because of any disagreements David Filo, Eddy Hartenstein, Richard Hill, current CEO Marissa Mayer and Jane Shaw ... Lobbyist registrations: American Library Association, Arent Fox, effective Nov. 28 ... LifeLock, registering for itself, effective Dec. 1 ... AT&T, CTIA and Live Nation Entertainment, Farragut Partners, all effective Jan. 1.