Communications Personals
ATSC announces Mark Richer will retire as president later this year, successor to be picked by a search committee chaired by Richard Friedel, Fox, who was selected for that role by Lynn Claudy, NAB, newly elected to succeed Friedel as ATSC board chairman ... ASCAP appoints Nicole Carbone-Rogers, from Billboard, senior vice president/head-events, effective Feb. 11 ... Audio Engineering Society hires Colleen Harper, ex-American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, as executive director.
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In Macquarie buying Bluebird Network in partnership with Uniti Group (see 1901150052), Bluebird CEO Michael Morey and management team will continue to lead as Bluebird also acquires Uniti’s Midwestern fiber business and gets a long-term lease over Uniti’s Midwestern fiber network ... Nickelodeon names Paul DeBenedittis, ex-Disney, executive vice president-programming and content strategy ... Snap Chief Financial Officer Tim Stone resigning.
Meredith promotes Tom Casey to vice president-engineering and technology, Meredith Local Media Group, succeeding Larry Oaks, retiring March 31; Meredith Executive Chairman Steve Lacy retiring March 31; remains chairman in nonexecutive capacity ... AlertEnterprise adds Willem Ryan, ex-Motorola Solutions' Avigilon, as vice president-marketing and communications ... Nexstar extends contract of President-CEO Perry Sook through February 2023.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee to recommend caucus add to Judiciary Committee: Democratic Reps. Lou Correa of California; Pennsylvania's Madeleine Dean and Mary Gay Scanlon, Texas' Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia, Lucy McBath of Georgia, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell of Florida, Joe Neguse of Colorado and Greg Stanton of Arizona; ranking member Doug Collins, R-Ga., says Republican Steering Committee recommends GOP Reps. Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania; Ben Cline of Virginia; Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota; Greg Steube of Florida; and Tom McClintock of California.