Communications Personals
Wayne Luplow to retire in early January after a 53-year career at Zenith, including as one of the framers of HDTV; will remain a consultant on ATSC 3.0 and other issues and keep his ATSC board seat as a representative of IEEE ... Entercom re-adds Nichole Hartman, ex-Cox Media Group, as senior vice president-market manager, Chattanooga and promotes Claudia Menegus to senior vice president-market manager, Orlando ... Univision Communications moves up Dominic Fails to senior vice president-local media sales, for radio business nationwide.
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Hearst Newspapers Digital Media hires Bridget Williams, ex-Food52, as senior vice president-strategy and operations ... Piper Jaffray hires from Stephens Inc. Harsh Kumar as senior stock research analyst for semiconductor coverage ... Senate Finance Committee OKs acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan to be permanent CBP commissioner ... Pearson appoints Michael Lynton, ex-Sony Entertainment and now Snap chairman, an independent non-executive director, effective Feb. 1 ... Rogers Communications Chair Alan Horn steps down, effective Jan. 1; he's Rogers Telecommunications president-CEO and remains on the board; Deputy Chair Edward Rogers moves up to chair; Melinda Rogers, Rogers Venture Partners founder, named deputy chair.
Lobbyist registrations: Cryptocurrency firm ICO Pathfinder, North Star Strategies, effective Nov. 28 ... Craigslist, Sidley Austin on the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (HR-1865) and Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (S-1693), effective Nov. 27 ... Gila River Telecommunications, Skladany Consulting for Akin Gump, effective Nov. 6 ... TacSat Networks, American Capitol Group, effective Nov. 1 ... The Bitcoin Foundation, Pierre Ciric, effective Oct. 1 ... Free Conference Call Corp., The Cormac Group, effective Sept. 1 ... Nashville Songwriters Association International, for itself.