21st Century Fox promotes Associate General Counsel Jared Sher to also be senior vice president ... PCTel promotes Jeff Miller to senior vice president-global sales ... Adobe hires Abhay Parasnis, ex-Kony, as senior vice president-platform technology and services/chief technology officer ... SFX Entertainment moves Greg Consiglio to president-CEO, Beatport, and names Wouter Tavecchio CEO, SFX Europe; named to new global steering committee: Consiglio, Ritty Van Straalen, president/CEO, SFX Live; Richard Rosenstein, SFX chief financial officer; and Kevin Arrix, SFX executive vice president-brand partnerships ... Electro Rent Chief Financial Officer Craig Jones retiring effective Aug. 31; Vice President-Finance Allen Sciarillo becomes acting CFO ... Electronic Recyclers International promotes Rich Calzada to chief technology officer, new position ... Elected to Media Institute board is Todd Mayman, Tegna.

IHeartMedia hires Kenny Day, ex-Yahoo's BrightRoll, as senior vice president-political sales and strategy ... SeaChange International elects board member Steve Craddock, Del Ray Group, chairman, succeeding Tom Olson, who remains on the board; resigning is Chief Technology Officer and General Manager of In-Home Products Shiva Patibanda ... Henkels & McCoy, utility construction firm, hires Michael Beggs, ex-Windstream, as senior director-telecom, Central region ... Named to keynote Interactive Ad Bureau's MIXX Conference Sept. 28-29, Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel, New York: Michael Roth, CEO, Interpublic; Daniel Ek, CEO, Spotify; Ben Silbermann, CEO, Pinterest.

NAB promotes Curtis LeGeyt to executive vice president-government relations, succeeding Kelly Cole, leaving Aug. 14 to start a consulting firm ... Pennsylvania State University names Sascha Meinrath, X-Lab, Palmer chair in telecom, College of Communications, succeeding Richard Taylor, who retired ... Starz hires Jeffrey Hirsch, ex-Time Warner Cable, as president-global marketing and product planning, new position ... ThinkingPhones, cloud communications company, hires Don Pratt, ex-Arbor Networks, as chief financial officer ... Broadview Networks moves David Dickson to lead initiative to expand agent distribution, as vice president-channel sales, Western and Central regions ... Entercom promotes Nikki Nite to vice president-programming and operations, Austin, succeeding Cat Thomas ... Cox Media Group promotes Kim Guthrie to executive vice president-national ad platforms, and president, CoxReps, succeeded by Bill Hendrich as executive vice president-radio and CMG Research, who is succeeded by Susan Larkin, promoted to regional vice president, Jacksonville and Orlando radio, while Marian Pittman is promoted to executive vice president-digital strategy, and CoxReps President Jim Monahan is retiring ... Lobbyist registration: Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, J.C. Watts Cos., effective July 1.

Returning to House Commerce is Mike Bloomquist, hired as deputy staff director, succeeding Alexa Marrero, moving to Chicago ... Fletcher Heald hires Ashley Ludlow, ex-Law Offices of Daniel Barks, as associate attorney, communications practice ... FCC hires Jodie Griffin, ex-Public Knowledge, as attorney-adviser, Wireline Bureau Telecom Access Policy Division ... Gannett hires Kevin Gentzel, ex-Yahoo, as chief revenue officer, new position ... Nielsen hires Eric Dale, ex-Robinson & Cole, as chief legal officer, effective Aug. 1 ... Amid its radio deals (see 1507150011), Entercom names as vice president-general managers Doug Abernethy for Miami, Mike Fowler, ex-ESPN Chicago, for Atlanta, Bob Bolinger, ex-CBS Radio, for San Diego, and Peter Burton, ex-Bonneville International, which is exchanging some stations to Entercom as part of the deals, for Los Angeles.

AirTight Networks hires Freddy Mangum, ex-Lastline, as chief marketing officer ... MegaPath hires Arnaud Gautier, ex-Fusion, as senior vice president-marketing and product management, and Brenda Viloria, ex-Wave Broadband, as vice president-customer care ... Information Technology Industry Council hires John Lenhart, ex-US-China Business Council, as director-global policy for China ... National Cyber Security Alliance adds to board Matt Little, PKWare ... Lobbyist registration: T-Mobile, Tauzin Consultants, effective June 19.

Wiley Rein hires Richard Feasey, ex-Vodafone, as senior international policy adviser, Telecom, Media & Technology Group ... Polycom hires Christopher Jones, ex-Avaya, as president, Polycom Americas, effective Aug. 3 ... Brightcove promotes Andrew Feinberg to president-international operations, and David Plotkin to general counsel, succeeding Feinberg; Senior Vice President-Worldwide Operations Paul Goetz leaving at month's end to pursue other interests ... Windows 10 devices to be theme of IFA Show keynote by Nick Parker, Microsoft corporate vice president-OEM Division, Sept. 4, 3 p.m., CityCube event hall, Messe Berlin fairgrounds ... Lobbyist registration: News Corp., Palladian Hill Strategies, effective July 1.

Newly hired at Ticketmaster: Jeff Somers, ex-eBay, as chief product officer; Kat Frederick, ex-PriceGrabber, as senior vice president-product strategy; Catherine Martin, ex-Edelman, as vice president-communications; Ismail Elshareef, ex-Edmunds.com, as vice president-open platform and innovation ... Lobbyist registration: Internet Freedom Business Alliance, Millennial Bridge Consulting, effective June 10.

Rogers Communications names Rick Brace, ex-CTV, president of its Media Business Unit, effective Aug. 10 ... Rovi names James Meyer, SiriusXM, independent chairman of the Rovi board ... Entercom Communications hires Jeff Miller, ex-ReachLocal, as vice president/general manager, SmartReach Digital ...Lobbyist registrations: DTV America, Nelson Mullins, effective June 1 ... Oracle, Polaris Government Relations, effective June 1.

Michelle Rice, TV One, becomes chair of the Women in Cable Telecommunications Governance subcommittee and member of executive committee ... Comcast promotes Troy Lupe to vice president-field operations, Twin Cities Region ... Mark Pesavento, ex-USA Today Sports and Yahoo Sports, named senior vice president-content, Fox Sports Digital ... Kathleen Weslock, ex-Cisco, becomes Frontier Communications executive vice president-chief people officer, effective July 13 ... Lobbyist registration: Ericsson, Kelley Drye, effective June 9.

American Cable Association names Mary Lovejoy, ex-Mintz Levin, vice president-regulatory
affairs, new position ... Univision News promotes Keith Summa to senior vice president-content innovation ... Changes at Intel: President Renée James to leave in January to pursue an external CEO role; Arvind Sodhani, to retire in January as president of Intel Capital; President of Mergers and Acquisitions Wendell Brooks will add role as president of Intel Capital; Intel Security organization, formerly the independent McAfee division, was integrated into Intel operations under the leadership of General Manager Chris Young; Intel Communication and Devices Group General Manager Aicha Evans joins the company's Management Committee; Josh Walden, general manager of Intel's New Technology Group, now leads all product and research teams ... SiriusXM promotes James Cady to executive vice president-operations, products and connected vehicle, replacing Enrique Rodriguez, who departs July 17 to accept "a senior leadership position with another company" ... Lobbyist registrations: Card & Associates on behalf of Coalition for Consumer Patent Protection, Cloakroom Advisors, effective June 1 ... Charter, Akin Gump, effective May 28; Franklin Square Group, effective June 1; Heartland Strategies, effective May 26.