Communications Personals
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., hires Paul Tencher, ex-Evan Bayh for Senate campaign, as chief of staff ... Entercom hires Richard Schmaeling, ex-LIN Media until Media General bought it in December 2014 and more recently ex-Travel Leaders Group, as executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective April 18, succeeding Steve Fisher, stepping down April 30 as previously announced and continuing to assist with CBS Radio integration (see 1703210063) through January, it announced (here and here) ... Disney board extends Bob Iger’s contract as chairman-CEO to July 2, 2019, from June 30, 2018, it reports to SEC.
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MediaTek board appoints Lih-Shyng Tsai, ex-Chunghwa Telecom, as co-CEO, Mediatek Group, and nominates him to the board; Vice Chairman-President Ching-Jiang Hsieh named president, MediaTek Group Office ... Vivint Smart Home hires Joy Driscoll Durling, ex-Adobe, as chief information and digital enablement officer ... Uplift Data Partners, drone flight-operation management and data analysis firm, names vice presidents Kinan Sweidan, ex-911 Systems, for engineering, and Jamail Carter, ex-Onvi, business development and sales ... MetTel hires Bryan Hagedon, ex-Ingram Micro, to expand business partner channel in U.S. West ... Elected to Intel board: Omar Ishrak, Medtronic, and Greg Smith, Boeing.