Wilkinson Barker names Brian Murray, ex-Latham & Watkins, partner in its telecommunications and media regulatory practice … New on board at Brightstar following departure of Marcelo Claure for Sprint: President & Chief Operating Officer Arturo Osorio, General Counsel Catherine Smith, and SoftBank director Kazuhiko Fujihara … Changes at Demand Media: Sean Moriarty, ex-Ticketmaster, becomes CEO and joins board; Shawn Colo, co-founder and interim CEO, becomes president and joins board … Lobbyist Registration: Charter, Empire Consulting Group, effective July 1.
GatesAir hires Phil Argyris, who formerly worked for a then-affiliate of the company, as CEO, succeeding Charlie Vogt, who remains CEO of Imagine Communications … Univision Communications promotes Kevin Cuddihy to president-local media, which includes radio and TV stations and digital operations, and Jessica Rodriguez to chief marketing officer of entire company … Shutterstock President and Chief Operating Officer Thilo Semmelbauer leaving day-to-day operating role at year’s end.
Yahoo hires Mike Kail, ex-Netflix, as chief information officer and senior vice president-infrastructure … Lobbyist Registration: Netflix, Corley Consulting, effective May 1.
Madison Square Garden Co. hires Sean Creamer, ex-Arbitron, as executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective Sept. 1; Bob Pollichino retiring from those jobs, remains CFO until Sept. 1 and an executive vice president until later this year … Microsoft hires Margaret Johnson, ex-Qualcomm, as executive vice president-business development … Returning to Crown Media is Tara Meyer, ex-Martha Stewart Living, as vice president-digital ad sales, new post.
Mel Wesley, ex-Mandiant, joins comScore Aug. 29 as chief financial officer, succeeding CFO Kenneth Tarpey, retiring … Entravision promotes to executive vice presidents Eddie Melendez for western region, including broadcast and digital sales, and James Lyke for integrated marketing solutions … Bayou City Broadcasting (BCB) owner DuJuan McCoy will be president and CEO of Bayou City Broadcasting Evansville once it buys WEVV-TV Evansville, Indiana, a deal in which BCB is taking part (see separate report above in this issue) … NovaWurks, high technology space products and services provider, hires Paul Lithgow, ex-Sunrise Analytics, as chief-advanced concepts.
FCBA promotes Kerry Loughney to executive director, with retirement of Stan Zenor (CD June 23 p18) … Cablevision hires David Dibble, ex-Yahoo, as chief technology officer, effective in September, new position … Jody Gerson, currently co-president of Sony/ATV Publishing, joins Universal Music Publishing Group Jan. 1 as chairwoman and CEO, succeeding Zach Horowitz, leaving to “explore other opportunities” … Lookingglass Cyber Solutions hires Jaci Baum Vilardo, ex-iSIGHT Partners, as vice president-corporate strategy and sales.
Covington & Burling hires Robyn Polashuk, ex-Greenberg Traurig, as partner, communications and media practice, focusing on video content distribution … Back9Network promotes Charles Cox to CEO, replacing CEO and Chairman Jamie Bosworth, who resigned to pursue other career opportunities, and adds to job of President Carlos Silva to also be chief operating officer, as co-founder Reid Gorman named chief administrative officer and executive vice president-golf industry relations … Verizon hires George Fischer, ex-CA Technologies, as senior vice president-global sales, Verizon Enterprise Solutions.
Alliance for Women in Media names Valerie Blackburn, who has been chairwoman of AWM and works at CBS Radio, interim CEO … RealNetworks names Rob Glaser, who was interim CEO, permanent CEO, a title he also previously held … Sony Pictures Entertainment promotes Michael Pavlic to president-worldwide creative advertising … Former Clearwire Chairman John Stanton joins Microsoft board … Lobbyist registrations: Cognizant, information technology firm, Lugar Hellman Group, effective July 1 … Interdigital, wireless tech firm, registering on behalf of itself, effective May 20 … T-Mobile, Blank Rome, effective June 16.
Intelsat hires Patricia Cooper, ex-Satellite Industry Association, as vice president-government affairs and policy, new position, effective Aug. 25; SIA searching for replacement (see separate report above in this issue) … NCP, remote access virtual private network provider, promotes Patrick Oliver Graf to CEO … WiTricity, which transfers wireless power over distances, hires Farooq Butt, ex-Dell’s End User Solutions group, as senior vice president-business development and strategy … FCC names Elin Swanson Katz, Connecticut consumer counsel, to Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, on behalf of National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, filling position of William Levis, Colorado consumer counsel … Cablevision elects Steven Simmons, Simmons Patriot Media & Communications, to board.
Disney promotes Paul Candland to president, Asia, new position, and Stanley Cheung to chairman, greater China, succeeded by Luke Kang, promoted to managing director, greater China … Ntelos CEO and President James Hyde resigns and also leaves board, as director Rodney Dir named president and chief operating officer … Changes at DreamWorks Animation: Mark Zoradi, ex-Disney, joins as chief operating officer; Ann Daly promoted to president; Chief Financial Officer Lew Coleman assumes additional role of vice chairman.