Communications Personals
FTC Chair Lina Khan appoints Holly Vedova as Competition Bureau director and Samuel Levine as Consumer Protection Bureau director; Vedova and Levine have been in the posts in an acting capacity since June; move to elevate them gets commissioners' 5-0 OK ... California Public Utilities Commission President Marybel Batjer, whose term reportedly ends in 2027, resigns, effective year-end ... AMC Networks Chief Operating Officer Ed Carroll decides to step down but remains with the company through 2021.
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TDS Telecom moves up Mark Barber to chief operating officer; Julie Maiers advances to senior vice president-sales, marketing and customer operations; Senior Vice President Shane West now has that title for network operations; and Senior Vice President-Corporate Affairs Drew Petersen adds responsibilities to supervise TDS' broadcast TV operations, Zolo Media ... McAfee announces Gagan Singh from NortonLifeLock as executive vice president-chief product and revenue officer ... Stout adds Tricia Salinero from Woodside Capital Partners as managing director and head-technology, media and telecom in its investment banking group.
Cloudentity hires VMware’s Jason Needham as CEO ... ViacomCBS taps Joel Vilmenay, ex-Hearst Television, as president-general manager, CBS News and Stations’ local businesses in Los Angeles, effective Oct. 18 ... Ligado adds ex-Chancellor Jan Hamby of National Defense University's College of Information and Cyberspace to the company's board.