Communications Personals
With CBS Chairman-CEO Leslie Moonves departing (see 1809100026), Joseph Ianniello moves up to president-acting CEO; directors Moonves, David Andelman, Joseph Califano, Charles Gifford, Leonard Goldberg, Arnold Kopelson and Doug Morris voluntarily resign; and elected to the board are Candace Beinecke, of Hughes Hubbard; Barbara Byrne, ex-Barclays; Brian Goldner, Hasbro; Richard Parsons, ex-Time Warner; Susan Schuman, consulting firm SyPartners and Strauss Zelnick, Zelnick Media Capital.
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News Media Alliance promotes Danielle Coffey to senior vice president-strategic initiatives and counsel ... Interactive Advertising Bureau promotes Michael Texidor to vice president-learning and development, and hires Breda O’Reilly, ex-The New Yorker, as vice president-investment and relations ... Following Wednesday's death of Susan Howarth, longtime public media executive and WEDU Tampa president-CEO, the PBS affiliate names Vice President-Content Jack Conely interim president-CEO; Howarth had cancer and was 66 ... Alpha Media names Jim Lowe market manager-Mankato, Minnesota; he has held other broadcasting positions in the state.
Snap Chief Strategy Officer Imran Khan leaving ... Grant Thornton taps JT Kostman, ex-Time Inc., as managing director-applied artificial intelligence ... Thrive Global hires Cheryl Porro, ex-Salesforce, as chief technology officer ... Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang to succeed Jack Ma as chairman, effective Sept. 10, 2019.
Lobbyist registrations: Alliance for Digital Innovation, Cyrrus Analytics on IT modernization, effective Aug. 8 ... MPAA, Becker & Poliakoff on copyright and streaming piracy issues, effective Aug. 1 ... Vizio, Akin Gump, effective Aug. 1 ... HP Enterprise, Brownstein Hyatt, effective July 25.