Hearst promotes Sarah Smith to president and general manager, KMBC-TV and KCWE-TV Kansas City, Mo., effective Sept. 6 … Lobbyist registrations: Paetec’s Cavalier phone unit, Capitol Resources, effective Aug. 9 … Coalition for Mobile Wireless Competition, Brownstein Hyatt, effective July 1.
Arbitron promotes Sean Creamer to chief operating officer, new position … Clear Channel promotions: Michele Laven to executive vice president-strategic partnerships; Tom Poleman to president-national programming platforms; Tom Owens to executive vice president-programming research and strategy; Darren Davis to senior vice president/general manager-national programming platforms; Jeff Littlejohn to executive vice president-engineering and systems integration … Westwood One promotes Michael Schreck to vice president-sports sales.
Clearwire promotes Erik Prusch to president-CEO; interim CEO John Stanton becomes executive chairman … Daniel Margolis, ex-Garvey Schubert, hired by FCC as attorney-adviser in Office of Communications Business Opportunities … Lobbyist registrations: Spectrum Bridge, Wiltshire & Grannis, effective July 1 … Chuck Davis, ex-Fandango, joins Boingo Wireless board … New members of Unified Communications Interoperability Forum board: Yair Wiener, Radvision, and Ashish Gupta, Vidyo … Scripps Networks moves Andy Singer, ex-DIY Network, to Travel Channel head of programming and production … Westwood One promotes Max Krasny to senior vice president/general manager-entertainment division and affiliate sales.
NAB promotes Christopher Ornelas to chief operating officer and Joy Whitlow to chief financial officer and executive vice president … Neutral Tandem adds David Zwick, ex-Lehman Brothers, as senior vice president-business development … Lobbyist registrations: Google, Akin Gump, effective July 15.
RIAA promotes Cary Sherman to chairman-CEO, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Mitch Bainwol, who resigns to become CEO of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers; Mitch Glazier promoted to senior executive vice president … Glen Post, CenturyLink, to chair FCC Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council; 32 others named to council … Lobbyist registrations: MetroPCS and Clear Channel, Telecommunications Law Professionals, both effective Aug. 1. … Wiley Rein adds communications litigator Christopher Huther, ex-Sheppard Mullin, as partner … Mobile broadband startup Stoke names Dave Williams, ex-Comcast, chief technology officer … Journal Communications vice president-controller Anne Bauer to leave, effective Sept. 2 … Aurora Networks names Craig McCollam, ex-Dionex, chief financial officer.
Cisco hires from Juniper Networks, both named vice presidents: Neal Oristano for global service provider market segment sales; Jim Labovites for North American market.
Steven VanRoekel, ex-FCC and Microsoft, to become federal chief information officer and administrator, Office of Electronic Government in the Office of Management & Budget … Cincinnati Bell changes: Gary Wojtaszek moved to president-CyrusOne; Kurt Freyberger promoted to chief financial officer … Lobbyist Registrations: Comcast, Walter Group, effective July 1 … IBM, Prime Policy Group, effective July 1. … New Internet Society board members: Alain Aina, Technologies Reseaux & Solutions; Theresa Swinehart, Verizon; Jason Livingood, Comcast; Raul Echeberria, LACNIC, re-elected chair.
Q2 broadcast earnings: Belo Corp.’s sale gained 2.1 percent from a year earlier to $166.4 million. Profit sank 7 percent on higher salaries and station programming costs … Entravision sales fell 6 percent from a year earlier to $50.26 million and it swung to a $352,000 net loss from a $6.96 million gain a year earlier. “We faced challenging comparisons to last year’s second quarter, when we benefited from the World Cup, political and census advertising revenue,” said CEO Walter Ulloa … Radio One’s sales gained 29 percent from a year earlier to $97.1 million as it began consolidating results from its stake in TV One. Radio sales now make up about 62 percent of Radio One’s overall revenue, CEO Alfred Liggins said. Profit jumped to $101.2 million from $2.5 million a year earlier on a one-time gain on its investment in TV One. Liggins said he expects radio sales for Q3 to remain flat and the company will continue to work on developing other revenue streams.
Space Systems/Loral promotions: David Bernstein to senior vice president-program management and Paul Estey to senior vice president-engineering, manufacturing and test operations … Cumulus Media hires Mike McVay, ex-McVay Media, as senior vice president of programming; promotes Steve Bearance to manage its Lexington, Ky., radio stations … Gannett hires Mitch Gelman, ex-Examiner.com, as vice president/product at Gannett Digital … Francisco Arenas, ex-ESPN, named Univision vice president-consumer products.
FCC Associate General Counsel Jacob Lewis moves to chief of FCC Litigation Division, replacing Richard Welch, who was acting chief since Daniel Armstrong retired in December; Welch remains deputy associate general counsel … Hewlett-Packard hires Gregg Melinson, ex-Drinker Biddle, as vice president of global government affairs and deputy general counsel, effective Sept. 19 … Kathryn Kranhold, ex-Brunswick Group, becomes Disney senior vice president-corporate communications … ESPN hires John Korpics, ex-Fortune, as vice president/creative director for print & digital media overseeing properties including espn.com … Openwave adds Peter Feld, Starboard Value, to board … Lobbyist Registrations: Comcast and NAB, The O Team, each registration effective July 1.