Communications Personals
FCC confirms hiring of Brian Hart (see this section of the May 1 issue of this publication and 1705010059) as director-Office of Media Relations; acting Director Mark Wigfield returns to his role as deputy director ... New to Microsoft: Julie Brill, ex-Hogan Lovells, to lead privacy, data protection and other regulatory issues as head-Privacy and Regulatory Affairs Group, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel, reporting to President-Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith, says company blog post ... ZwillGen hires Carrie Cordero, ex-lawyer and consultant, as counsel, akin to a non-equity partner ... R Street Institute retains Tom Struble, ex-TechFreedom, as technology policy manager ... BSA|The Software Alliance adds Tommy Ross, ex-DOD, as senior director-policy, working on issues including privacy and security.
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At 21st Century Fox, Fox News Channel co-President Bill Shine resigns; Jack Abernethy remains co-president, Fox News and CEO, Fox Television Stations; Suzanne Scott moves to president-programming, Fox News Channel, where Jay Wallace becomes president-news; Brian Jones moves to president, Fox Business Network, reporting to Scott and Wallace; and Executive Vice President-Human Resources Kevin Lord takes on additional duties as head-compliance, reporting to 21st Century Fox Chief Corporate Counsel Gerson Zweifach, the programmer announces.
Disney moves up Vincent Sollecito to president-ABC national television sales, ABC Owned Television Stations Group, succeeding Debra O’Connell, who previously expanded her role to executive vice president-sales and marketing for Disney/ABC’s recently announced portfolio-wide advertising sales team (see 1702080058) ... CPI International promotes Bob Fickett to CEO, and he remains chairman-president-chief operating officer; as CEO, he succeeds Joe Caldarelli, named vice chairman and continuing on the board of Communications & Power Industries and president, CPI Canada ... Mozilla Foundation adds to board Mohamed Nanabhay, Media Development Investment Fund, and Nicole Wong, internet, media and intellectual property law lawyer.