Communications Personals
PBS hires Sara Schapiro, who most recently helped found Digital Promise, as vice president-education ... Joining National League of Cities: Irma Esparza Diggs, ex-Department of Education Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs, as senior executive and director-federal advocacy ... President Donald Trump adds to administration, at Department of Homeland Security Benjamin Cassidy, special counsel to the DHS secretary in Office of Legislative Affairs, as the department's assistant secretary-legislative affairs; and ex-DHS official Jonathan Rath Hoffman, ex-Americans for Peace Prosperity, and Security, as assistant secretary-public affairs ... Franklin Square Group adds Brian Worth, ex-Uber, as partner.
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Nexstar Media moves up Jeffrey West to vice president-general manager, WBTW Florence, South Carolina, and WBTW.com, succeeding Randy Ingram, previously promoted (see this section of the Jan. 20 issue of this publication) ... In Altice's buying Teads (see 1703210055), the acquiree's senior management keeps running it, including Executive Chairman Pierre Chappaz and CEO Bertrand Quesada, and Chappaz joins Altice's management board responsible for advertising activities ... Proposed directors of Entercom after it joins with CBS Radio, Entercom tells SEC, may include CBS Chairman-CEO Leslie Moonves, and CBS Chief Operating Officer Joseph Ianniello (see 1703210063).
BluVector, cybersecurity firm, adds to board Christopher Burnham, chairman-CEO of Cambridge Global Capital, who was a member of now-President Donald Trump’s presidential transition team ... Linden Lab adds to board Bing Gordon, Kleiner Perkins ... American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers newly elects to board for two-year term, effective April 1, as writer member for at-large field Michelle Lewis, songwriter/composer ... At European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Jeremy Fuller, Genband, named chairman of ETSI's Network Functions Virtualization Industry Specification Group's Interfaces and Architectures Working Group.
Lobbyist registrations: CloseWatch Technologies, Jones Walker, effective Feb. 1 ... Ligado, The Fritts Group, effective March 1 ... Lions Gate, Carmen Group, effective March 15 ... Equinix, registering for itself, effective March 20.