Communications Personals
Cox Enterprises promotions include: Joey Lesesne to senior vice president-public policy and government affairs; for environmental sustainability Keith Mask as vice president and Steve Bradley for assistant vice president; Scott Leazer to assistant vice president-information technology business solutions; Barry Campbell is vice president-aviation; and Don Stryszko named vice president-risk management ... Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council adds author/lawyer Ananda Leeke, ex-Digital Sisterhood Network, as director-digital policy and engagement ... Aspen Institute names John Carlin, ex-DOJ who recently joined Morrison & Foerster (see this section of the Jan. 11 issue of this publication), chairman, cybersecurity and technology program.
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Leslie Burrage to retire as chairman of Roberts Radio, U.K. audio vendor that produced first digital audio broadcasting radio in 1999, effective March 31, no successor named ... Comcast NBCUniversal's Sprout hires Deirdre Brennan, ex-Corus Entertainment, as general manager ... Among those named partners at the Fitzpatrick IP law firm are Natalie Lieber, who has worked with electronics, telecom and network technology issues, and Dennis McMahon, who also has worked on tech and consumer electronics ... Paul Weiss hires Steven Baughman as partner, litigation department; focus includes patents and copyright ... Gogo promotes Jon Cobin to executive vice president-chief commercial officer.
21st Century Fox moves Salil Mehta to president of FoxNext, new division that will work across Twentieth Century Fox Film and Fox Networks Group to oversee videogaming, location-based entertainment, virtual and augmented reality productions, and among those reporting to him are Rick Phillips, named executive vice president, Fox Interactive ... Time Warner moves up Allison Goldberg to senior vice president-Time Warner Investments, succeeding Rachel Lam, leaving the company effective in spring ... Tessco Technologies names IoT expert Charles Kriete, ex-Kore Wireless Group, senior vice president-product management and solutions.
Nexstar Media names vice presidents-general managers: Richard Graziano, ex-WPIX New York, to WCTX and WTNH, both New Haven, Connecticut, and associated digital services; Randy Ingram, ex-WBTW Florence, South Carolina, which was owned by Media General, a company which Nexstar bought (see 1701170068 and this section of the Jan. 19 issue of this publication), goes to WISH-TV Indianapolis, WNDY-TV Marion, Indiana, and their mobile and digital operations; and Christopher McDonnell, ex-WSNS-TV Chicago, for KRON-TV San Francisco and related digital and mobile services ... CableClix hired Cauri Jaye, who founded rhubarb studios, as chief product officer.
Society of Broadcast Engineers starts emergency alert systems advisory group: Larry Wilkins, chairman, with members George Molnar, James Hoge, Ed Czarnecki, Monroe Electronics, and Harold Price, Sage Alerting Systems ... CDSA international content protection association appointments said to include: Ben Stanbury, Walt Disney Studios, new chairman; Executive Committee has Lulu Zezza, New Regency, as vice president/treasurer; Cyril Rickelton-Abdi, Turner, vice president/secretary; Richard Atkinson, Adobe, vice president/chairman emeritus; CDSA Audit Program Committee includes Mike Wilkinson, NBC Comcast; Bryan Esparza, Paramount; and Bob Wenokur, Lionsgate; and CDSA Technology Committee chaired by Jeff Gelb, Amblin Partners; with Joel Sloss, Microsoft Azure; and Munya Kanaventi, Sony DADC New Media Services.
South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner Chris Nelson named to NARUC board, through October 2018 ... Lobbyist registrations: Amazon, Brownstein Hyatt, effective Jan. 1 ... CG Blockchain, on financial regulatory software, Ben Barnes Group, effective Oct. 1 ... Independent Television Service, Avenue Solutions, effective Dec. 15 ... SAP America, Cornerstone Government Affairs, effective Dec. 1 ... Bryan Cave, on behalf of crytocurrency exchange Poloniex, American Continental Group, effective Oct. 1 ... MyNexus, involved in telehealth, Liberty Partners Group, effective Jan. 1.