Broadcast earnings: Fiscal Q4 sales at Meredith’s local media group gained 8.8 percent from a year earlier to $84.7 million, the company said. Political ad sales of $3.2 million, compared to $738,000 a year earlier, helped results. Operating profit at the local media group gained 43 percent on higher sales and lower expenses … Journal Communications' Q2 broadcast sales increased 18.4 percent from a year earlier to $54.5 million. Operating profit at the broadcast division gained 57.4 percent to $13.1 million, it said. Political ad sales and retransmission consent revenue helped results at its TV stations while radio revenue also benefitted from political ads, it said.
Clearwire adds ex-Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., to board … Business Roundtable hires Elizabeth Gasster, ex-Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers, as vice president of information & technology and regulatory reform … Cincinnati Bell’s CyrusOne cloud company hires Scott Brueggeman, ex-CoreLink Data Centers, as chief marketing officer … Harris Corp. names Robert Duffy, ex-United Technologies Corp., senior vice president of human resources and administration; succeeding Jeff Shuman, leaving to pursue other opportunities … Charles Lesko, ex-CSR, named Entropic vice president-worldwide sales, replacing Bill Bradford, named Minco Technology Labs CEO in January … BlackArrow cable ad technology vendor names director Michael Pohl, ex-C-COR, chairman, replacing Larry Kramer, Gannett, who remains a board member … Harmonic moves: Peter Alexander, ex-Cisco, hired as senior vice president-chief marketing officer; Krishnan Padmanabhan, ex-NetApp, becomes senior vice president-video products; Nimrod Ben-Natan to run Edge and Access business as senior vice president-general manager; Mitzi Reaugh, Miramax, added to board … Disney promotes Caroline Foy Welch, to president-general manager of WTVD-TV Durham, N.C. … Intelsat elects Edward Kangas, ex-Deloitte Touche, to board … Fisher Communications elevates Don Pratt to vice president-general manager of Boise, Idaho, TV stations KBOI and KYUU.
Kellogg, Huber hires John Thorne, ex-Verizon, as partner, to focus on antitrust, intellectual property and commercial litigation matters … News Corp. hires Jared Sher, ex-Skadden Arps, as News America vice president-associate general counsel … Burson-Marsteller hires Mike Heimowitz, ex-Porter Novelli, as managing director of Issues & Crisis Group.
Gannett promotes Jeffrey Heinz to vice president-investor relations … Netflix hires Kelly Bennett, ex-Warner Bros., as chief marketing officer … DFJ Gotham Ventures technology venture capital firm promotes Thatcher Bell to managing director … SeaWell Networks cable operator video ad company adds Joan Gillman, Time Warner Cable, to board.
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel names David Goldman, who was detailed to Senate Communications Subcommittee staff, as senior legal advisor, to work on wireless, international and public safety issues … Betty Ann Kane, D.C. Public Service Commission, elected chairman of NARUC’s National Regulatory Research Institute; David Boyd, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, elected vice chairman; both one-year terms … News Corp. promotes Peter Rice to chairman and CEO of Fox Networks Group; David Hill to senior executive vice president of the company … American Cable Association elects Colleen Abdoulah, WOW, chairman; Robert Gessner, Massillon Cable, vice chairman, for two-year terms … General Cable Corp. director Charles McClure, Meritor, resigns for personal reasons because of demands relating to ongoing business … National Cable Television Cooperative elects Brad Mefferd, Buckeye Cablevision, a director … MSNBC promotes Lauren Skowronski to vice president of media relations … Waller Capital Partners hires William Bradley, ex-Credit Suisse, as managing director to lead data center, managed hosting and cloud computing practices and support telecom practice … NewsRight President David Westin leaves as CEO and president, to become adviser, replaced by Srinandan Kasi, promoted … Concurrent adds Robert Pons, Live Wire Mobile, and Dilip Singh, InfuSystem Holdings, to board as part of deal for Singer Children’s Management Trust and Lloyd Miller to vote shares in favor of company’s board slate … Lobbyist registrations: NQ Mobile, MWW Group, effective June 1 … NPR, Navigators Global, effective June 12 … Motorola Solutions, Sixkiller Consulting, effective June 25.
Corning changes, effective Aug. 1: Clark Kinlin promoted to executive vice president-telecom business group; Martin Curran promoted to senior vice president and innovation officer, new post; Stephen Miller named vice president and general manager of Corning Optical Fiber and Cable … TVB hires Stacey Lynn Schulman, ex-Turner Broadcasting, as senior vice president-chief research officer, new position.
Paul Sands retires at year’s end as president and general manager of Hearst Television’s WPTZ Plattsburgh, N.Y., and WNNE Hartford, Vt., being replaced by Kyle Grimes … Lobbyist registrations: Motorola Solutions, Barbour Griffith and Rogers, effective June 10 … Virginia state government’s Center for Innovative Technology, Franklin Partnership, effective July 1 … Spectrum Solutions Co., US Strategies, effective July 2.
Merwin Sands named executive director of Maryland Public Service Commission, effective July 25 … CTIA promotions: Bob Bolster to assistant vice president-government affairs; Gerry Keegan named senior director-state legislative affairs; and Amy McLean becomes director-communications advocacy … Changes at WOW as it completes purchase of Knology: Todd Holt becomes chief financial officer, and CFO Steven Cochran remains president … Discovery Channel hires Scott Lewers, ex-Oxygen Media, senior vice president-programming … Acme Communications corporate restructuring: President and CEO Doug Gealy becomes adviser, remains acting CEO while overseeing sale of the company’s remaining assets; Chief Operating Officer Stan Gill adds title of president … Lobbyist registrations: L-3 Communications, Johnston Strategies, effective May 1 … Alliance to Prevent Fraudulent Attacks on Patents, Venable, effective June 26.
National Association of Counties names Matthew Chase executive director, replacing Larry Naake, retiring, effective Sept. 17 … Viacom Media Networks hires Ross Cohen, ex-WorldNow, as senior vice president of digital inventory strategy, new position … Data center and cloud company ViaWest hires James Buie, ex-Comcast, as senior vice president of financial planning and analysis.
Jeff Joseph, ex-Biotechnology Industry Organization, rejoins CEA as senior vice president-communications and strategic relationships, effective Aug. 23 … Comcast Cable hires Thomas Wlodkowski, ex-AOL, as vice president of accessibility, new position … Application Developers Alliance board adds Alex Moazed, Applico … Turner Entertainment Networks’ TEN Sponsor Shop promotes to senior vice presidents: Nicole Priem for sponsorship solutions; and Matt Bunting for creative … Lobbyist registrations: Iridium Satellite, McBee Strategic Consulting, effective June 1 … Facebook, Peck, Madigan, Jones and Stewart, effective June 1 … Frontier Communications, Petrizzo Bond, effective, June 15.