Communications Personals
Hearst Television adds Andrew Fitzgerald, ex-Twitter, as chief digital content officer, new position, effective April 10 ... Layer3 TV hires Amos Smith, ex-Time Warner Cable, now part of Charter Communications, as chief financial officer ... Titan Platform US adds Kelly DiGregorio, ex-Lazada, which Alibaba acquired in April, as chief content officer, and Richard Sussman, ex-TiVo/Rovi, as chief revenue officer ... Nexstar Media promotes Carol Ward to vice president-general manager of Virginia's WAVY-TV Portsmouth, WVBT Virginia Beach and associated digital services ... Alessandro Feitosa, ex-Nokia, joins 5 Bars as vice president-solution engineering.
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Washington State Senate unanimously confirms Jay Balasbas, senior budget assistant to Gov. Jay Inslee (D) in the Office of Financial Management, as Washington Utilities and Transportation commissioner, effective May 1; Inslee appointed Balasbas to a six-year term on the three-member WUTC that runs until Jan. 1, 2023 ... E.W. Scripps nominates new directors for election: Adam Symson, promoted to chief operating officer in November and "on a path to replace" President-CEO Rich Boehne, who plans to retire later this year and will remain chairman (see 1611090036); Mike Scagliotti, great-great grandson of founder and son of former board Chairman Nackey Scagliotti, succeeding Mary McCabe Peirce, retiring; and Peter Thompson, chief operating officer of TiVo, the broadcaster announces.
Lobbyist registrations: Electronic Payments Coalition, Split Rock Strategies, effective Jan. 10 ... Telecommunications Industry Association, Brownstein Hyatt, effective Feb. 8 ... ViaSat, Mehlman Capitol Strategies, effective Feb. 1.