Communications Personals
FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau appoints Diane Burstein, ex-NCTA (see this section, Jan. 6), as deputy bureau chief ... NTIA names Rachel Wolbers, ex-Engine, internet policy specialist, international affairs ... Vedder Price taps Daniel Shulman, ex-Reynolds Group, as shareholder-intellectual property ... Towerstream Chief Financial Officer Jack Macdonald resigning, effective June 7.
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Vice Media hires Cory Haik, ex-Mic, as chief digital officer ... Chayora appoints Karen Kesner, ex-CenturyLink, executive vice president and head-Americas ... Marquee Sports Network adds Michael McCarthy, ex-MSG Network, as general manager.
Voice on the Net Coalition elects new officers Rachel Petty, RingCentral, chairwoman; John Murphy, Nextiva, president; Pat Foster, AT&T, secretary; and Darah Franklin, Google, treasurer; and board members Brendan Kasper, 8X8; Lily Toy, Dialpad; and Paula Boyd, Microsoft; and new members Telnyx and Twilio.
Lobbyist registrations: Intellectual Ventures, Millennial GR & Public Affairs Partners, effective May 23 ... News Media Alliance, Davis & Harman, effective May 4 ... The Broadcast Center, The Gaboton Group, effective May 1 ... MobileSphere, O'Neill and Associates on the anti-robocall Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (HR-2015/S-151), effective May 1 ... Silicon Labs, Wsquared Strategies, effective May 1 ... GPS time and location technology provider Satelles, O'Brien, Gentry, effective April 8 ... Fifth Street Enterprises, Nelson, Mullins on low-power TV issues, effective April 5 ... Computer memory manufacturer Kingston Technology, Akin Gump, effective April 5 ... Verizon, Kelley Drye, effective April 3 ... AT&T's Warner Media, Gonring, Spahn, effective April 1 ... CTA, Hooper Lundy on “policies affecting inclusion and adoption of digital health,” effective April 1.
Enterprise Cloud Coalition, Monument Advocacy, effective April 1 ... Crossroads Strategies on behalf of security firm KnowBe4, Wise Capital Strategy, effective April 1 ... TV audience analytics company Samba TV, The Raben Group, effective April 1 ... SAS Institute, Compass Strategies and Rich Feuer, effective April 1 ... Sony Pictures Entertainment, on its own behalf, effective April 1 ... Airbnb, Baker & McKenzie on “digital service taxes,” effective March 19; and on similar issues with the same lobbying firm and effective then: Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, RELX Group, Salesforce, Spotify and Twitter … Transmission sensor tech firm Linevision, 38 North Solutions, effective Jan. 4 ... SiriusXM, The Ferraro Group on “royalty-setting standards” legislation and other issues affecting the satellite radio industry, effective Jan. 1 ... Autonomous vehicle tech manufacturer Aptiv, Hill Impact, effective Aug. 8, 2018.