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Josh Stager, from New America’s Open Technology Institute, says he’s joining Free Press as policy director … Former Rep. Michael Ferguson, R-N.J., will lead AT&T’s federal legislative relations team starting Oct. 3, replacing Tim McKone, retiring; Rhonda Johnson shifts to lead federal regulatory relations, replacing Joan Marsh, also retiring (see 2209130071 and 2205110068).
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Lumen Technologies hires Microsoft’s Kate Johnson as president-CEO and adds her to its board, effective Nov. 7, succeeding Jeff Storey, who has announced his retirement and will remain with the company through Dec. 31 ... New promotions at Salem Media Group, effective with new leadership structure at the beginning of 2023: Allen Power to president-broadcast media; Linnae Young to executive vice president-operations and revenue development; Jeff Reisman to senior vice president-operations ... IHeartMedia promotes Uta Knablein to chief product officer-iHeartRadio.
Imax hires Michele Golden, ex-WarnerMedia, as global chief people officer ... IoT platform LocatorX names Tom Pringle, ex-Pilot Research, chief product and technology officer ... Estrella Media hires NBCUniversal’s Enrique Guillen as chief content officer ... Digital asset platform Bakkt Holdings names Chip Goodroe from Grant Thornton chief accounting officer ... Digital infrastructure company DigitalBridge Group hires former Interconexion Electrica CEO Bernardo Vargas Gibsone as managing director-head, Latin America ... Consumer analytics company Toluna taps NielsenIQ’s Jeff Claypoole as general manager-Americas ... Connected safety platform Blackline Safety adds former Sierra Wireless CEO Jason Cohenour to its board.