Communications Personals
NCTA Senior Vice President-Program Network Policy Jill Luckett retires, consulting for association part time on programming policy ... Fletcher Heald lawyer Daniel Kirkpatrick succeeds Frank Jazzo, retired (see 1812050038), as firm's third co-managing member ... Digital Media Association appoints from NAB Garrett Levin as CEO ... Cox Enterprises appoints Sonya Wendell Manfredi, ex-Internet & Television Association, vice president-government affairs.
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White House Office of Science and Technology Policy names Assistant Director for Quantum Information Science Jake Taylor as interim director, National Quantum Coordination Office ... Wireless ISP Association appoints Christina Mason, ex-American Institute of Architects, vice president-government relations ... Lincoln Network hires Ryan Radia, ex-Competitive Enterprise Institute, as senior policy counsel, and William Upton, ex-CRC Public Relations, as director-outreach and communications ... Open Markets Institute announces Sally Hubbard, ex-New York attorney general’s office, is director-enforcement strategy ... DLA Piper taps Edward McAndrew, ex-Ballard Spahr, as partner-intellectual property and technology.
In new organizational model, WarnerMedia says that Robert Greenblatt, ex-NBC Entertainment, becomes chairman-WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer; expands roles for CNN President Jeff Zucker, who also becomes chairman, WarnerMedia News & Sports, and for Warner Bros. Chairman-CEO Kevin Tsujihara, who adds responsibilities for global kids and young adults business; and promotes Turner International President Gerhard Zeiler to WarnerMedia chief revenue officer.
Comcast acquires BluVector (see 1903040028), with Eric Malawer, ex-House Homeland Security Committee, as CEO; BluVector founding CEO Kris Lovejoy becomes adviser-consultant to both companies ... Viacom completes acquisition of Pluto TV (see 1903040002) with Tom Ryan continuing as president-CEO of independent subsidiary ... Disney announces Ravi Ahuja, from Fox Networks Group, as president-business operations and chief financial officer, following close of buying much of 21st Century Fox, joining previously announced leadership team (see 1810090021).
Lobbyist registrations: Eugene, Oregon, Spiegel & McDiarmid on the Accelerating Wireless Broadband Development by Empowering Local Communities Act (HR-530) and “other FCC and communications-related matters,” effective Feb. 20 ... Crisis Text Line, Glover Park Group, effective Feb. 19 ... NCTA, Plurus Strategies, effective Feb. 1 ... Accenture Federal Services, Nickles Group, effective Feb. 1 ... Juniper Networks, Capitol Point Group and Team Hallahan, effective Jan. 15 ... Booking.com, McGuireWoods Consulting, effective Jan. 7 ... Citrix Systems, Holland & Knight, effective Jan. 7 ... Internet Association, Subject Matter, effective Jan. 1.