Paramount Skydance taps Jay Askinasi, formerly Roku, as chief revenue officer ... Austin Schlick, ex-FCC and Consumer Product Safety Commission, joins Covington as senior of counsel ... Fletcher Heald adds Ryan McClafferty, formerly FCC Media Bureau, as an associate attorney.

The Rural Wireless Association names Peter Gregory, ex-Public Knowledge, as legislative and policy counsel, a newly created position … CTIA adds Cristina Rodriguez, Intel, to its board … Satellite technology firm Carillon Technology names Jim Cathey, formerly Qualcomm, to its board … Wireless communications firm IotaComm appoints Derek Brosseau, ex-Panasonic, as vice president of sales; Wael Guibene, formerly Silicon Labs, as senior vice president of product and technology; and Miguel Jackson, ex-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as marketing manager.

Verizon names Dan Schulman, formerly PayPal, as CEO, replacing Hans Vestberg, who remains on the board for a year as special adviser; Mark Bertolini, Oscar Health, becomes chairman ... Paramount acquires The Free Press and names its co-founder and CEO, Bari Weiss, editor-in-chief of CBS News, a newly created position … Altitude Group appoints Stephanie Lynch-Habib, ex-euNetworks, as managing director of French wireless and 5G supplier Covage, replacing Aymeric de Cardes … Digital infrastructure provider Vertiv promotes Scott Armul to chief product and technology officer, replacing CTO Stephen Liang, effective Jan. 1.

Paramount names Josh Silverman, ex-Mattel, president of global products and experiences … Rocket manufacturer Phantom Space adds president to Chief Technology Officer Chris Thompson’s title … Rocket technology firm Ursa Major appoints Ronald Sugar, formerly Northrop Grumman, and Gilman Louie, Alsop Louie Partners, to its board.

American Association for Public Broadband adds Joshua Edmonds, DigitalC, to its board ... Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) appoints Public Service Commission Chief Policy Adviser Ana Ortega and former state Rep. Bobby Payne (R) as PSC commissioners, effective Jan. 2, replacing Art Graham and Andrew Giles Fay, whose terms are expiring; the appointments are still subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate ... Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R) names Christopher Boswell, ex-University of Wyoming, to the state's PSC, replacing Mary Throne, who resigned in August.

New Street analyst Blair Levin ends affiliation with Brookings and joins the Center for Strategic International Studies’ Strategic Technologies Program as a senior associate (nonresident) … Morgan Lewis promotes Danielle Burt and Patricia Cave to partner in the firm’s telecommunications, media and technology practice … Changes at broadband fiber connectivity provider Clearfield: Anis Khemakhem promoted to chief commercial officer, replacing Allen Griser, who becomes executive adviser until he leaves by year-end; Mike Ward, ex-Charles Industries, joins as vice president of sales for broadband; and Marc Temple, formerly Meritec, becomes vice president of channels and strategic alliances ... Correction: Douglas Kyle retires from the FCC's Public Safety Homeland Security Bureau after 36 years of service (see 2509300059).

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announces retirements: from the Wireline Bureau, Terrance Judge (34 years of service), Crystal Ceasar (33) and Alex Johns (29); from the Office of the Managing Director, Tim Dates (26) and Celia Lewis (25); from the Public Safety Bureau, Douglas Kyle (36) and Barbara Kunkel (3); Katura Jackson, Office of the Secretary (34); Mika Savir, Consumer Policy Division (32); Kamala Hart, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (29); Chief Information Officer Arecio Dilone (25); Bill Huber, Office of General Counsel (25); Traci Randolph, Disability Services/TRS Fund (23.5); Stephen Hanson, Spectrum Enforcement Division (23); Keith Morgan, Enforcement Bureau (8) ... Vodafone IoT appoints Dennis Nikles, ex-Deutsche Telekom IoT, as managing director of Vodafone IoT Americas … Mozilla taps Raffi Krikorian, formerly Emerson Collective, as chief technology officer, a newly created position ... Nexstar names Adam VerCammen, ex-Washington Times, as senior vice president of revenue for The Hill, a newly created position.

Comcast promotes President Michael Cavanagh to co-CEO, joining co-CEO and Chairman Brian Roberts, effective January; Cavanagh also joins board … New Street names David Barden, formerly Bank of America, as partner and leader of its North America Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure research team, replacing Jonathan Chaplin, who joins Comcast as executive vice president of strategy and investments for the Connectivity & Platforms division … Northrim Horizon acquires ACG Systems, naming Thomas Montalbano, ex-McKinsey, as CEO of that wireless tech provider, a newly created position … University of Colorado Law School’s Silicon Flatirons names Matt Schmit, formerly Illinois Department of Commerce, as executive director, replacing Brad Bernthal.

Paramount Skydance appoints Makan Delrahim, formerly Latham & Watkins, as chief legal officer, effective Oct. 6, replacing acting Chief Legal Officer Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon, who will continue as general counsel ... Comcast names Sonya Callahan, ex-Comcast Business, regional vice president of residential sales and marketing for its Heartland region, replacing Michelle Muniz, who becomes vice president of sales and marketing in the company's California region ... Salem Media Group promotes Linnae Young to chief revenue officer and Jamie Cohen to chief digital officer, a newly created position … Washington state's Utilities and Transportation Commission names Michael Furze, formerly U.S. Department of Energy, as policy director, effective Oct. 1, replacing interim Policy Director Amy Andrews, who will serve as an analyst ... Leroy Williams, ex-Optimum, joins the advisory board of TechSee, a telecom customer service technology supplier.

NextNav names Tim Gray, formerly Anterix, CFO, replacing Chris Gates, who becomes executive vice president of corporate development … Verizon adds Merissa Velez, ex-FCC Space Bureau, as director of international spectrum policy and regulatory counsel ... Mediacom promotes Fuad Alnajjar to group vice president of business engineering; Pradeep Kanda to group vice president of network security; Belinda Maldonado to group vice president of human resources; Joseph Michulski to group vice president of corporate finance; Ruben Martino to vice president of finance; and Manvinder Singh to vice president of data warehouse.