Communications Personals
NCTA taps Jared Sher, ex-21st Century Fox, as chief counsel-program network policy and deputy general counsel, replacing Jill Luckett, retired (see 1903040070) ... Willkie Farr hires Alison Steger, ex-FCC (see 1902140012), as associate, communications and media group ... Software &…
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Information Industry Association hires Jesse Spector, ex-aide to EU delegation to U.S., as director-technology policy ... Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen resigns; President Donald Trump names Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan acting secretary ... ITS America announces Amy Ford, ex-Colorado Transportation Department, as director, Mobility on Demand Alliance ... Sinclair promotes Barry Faber to president-distribution and network relations, and David Gibber to senior vice president-general counsel … Discovery appoints Nathaniel Brown, ex-21st Century Fox, executive vice president-global communications ... Great Hill Partners completes buy from Univision of Gizmodo Media Group and The Onion, which become G/O Media (see 1904080016), led by digital media executive Jim Spanfeller ... Microsoft hires Gregory Moore, ex-Google, as corporate vice president-health technology and alliances ... Viacom's MTV names Rory Brown, ex-Bleacher Report, head-digital and social, MTV, VH1, CMT and Logo, new position ... Energous names Dan Fairfax, ex-Brocade, to its board ... SES elects officers including Vice Chairpersons Tsega Gebreyes, Satya Capital, and Anne-Catherine Ries, Luxembourg Ministry for Media and Communications.