Tim Wu to take leave from Columbia Law School to become senior FTC advisor for consumer protection and competition issues affecting the Internet and mobile markets, starting Feb. 14 in Office of Policy Planning … Changes at CBS: Sean McManus promoted to chairman of CBS Sports; David Rhodes, ex-Bloomberg, to replace him as president of news division; Jeff Fager promoted to chairman of CBS News, new position … John MacLean, ex-city of Philadelphia, becomes Region IV regional coordinator, FCC Office of Emergency Communications, Feb. 14 … Turner Entertainment Networks promotes Jeff Gregor to added position of TCM general manager … Nancy Daniels promoted to Discovery Channel executive vice president-production and development … Cumulus Media elevates Leslie Brimeyer to vice president-financial operations … Kamar Shah, ex-Nokia, becomes mySpark Technologies global vice president-marketing and business development … NeoNova Network Services adds Hal Turner, Pac-West Telecomm, as chairman.

Promotions in Rainbow Media legal department: Sharon Davis, Laura Sher to senior vice presidents-legal and business affairs; Denyse Santoro to vice president-legal and business affairs … Wendy Goldberg, ex-Hearst, becomes Clear Channel Radio executive vice president-marketing and communications … John Smith, ex-Clearwire and Brightpoint, becomes PCS Wireless vice president-sales.

Alissa Cooper, Center for Democracy & Technology, named to Internet Architecture Board … Elected to Pandora’s board: Peter Chernin, Chernin Group; and Barry McCarthy, ex-Netflix …

Amy Levine, former aide to ex-Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., hired by FCC (CD Feb 1 p7) as special counsel to Chairman Julius Genachowski, working in Office of Strategic Planning on spectrum and public-safety issues … Former NTIA Administrator John Kneuer joins Globalstar board … Cox Media Group promotes Gregg Lindahl to senior vice president-digital and strategy, heading newly combined CMGdigital and Corporate Business Strategy groups … AccuWeather hires ex-consultant Bradley Mitchell as the chief commercial officer, AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions … Telcordia Senior Vice President James Payne named to three-year term on AFCEA International Cyber Committee.

Kari Amstutz, confidential assistant to Commissioner Meredith Baker, leaves FCC to return to Minnesota; Lori Alexiou, ex-Office of General Counsel, replaces her … Citadel Broadcasting names Hilary Glassman, ex-Frontier Communications, senior vice president-general counsel … TVB hires Susan Converse, ex-Riverside Church, as vice president of finance and administration, taking over most of duties of Chief Operating Officer Hope Etheridge, leaving for Doctors Without Borders … Gerard Kleisterlee, who will retire as Philips CEO on March 31, named to succeed John Bond as Vodafone chairman when Bond retires in July; Philips previously named former Philips Consumer Electronics executive Frans Van Houten to succeed Kleisterlee … Discovery Networks promotes Ivan Bargueiras to general manager, U.S. Hispanic Group … HSN names Jill Braff, ex-Scrapblog, executive vice president-digital commerce … LIN Media promotes William Gaffney to vice president-digital operations, and Michael Kelly to vice president-digital revenue.

News Corp. names John McKinley, who’s been working on The Daily iPad newspaper, chief technology officer and Digital Media Group technology president, new position … Scripps Networks Interactive promotes Steve Gigliotti to president-national advertising sales and marketing … Knology hires Robert Mills to rejoin company as chief financial officer; Todd Holt, who has been serving as CFO, remains president … Discovery Communications appointments: Amy Winter to TLC general manager and executive vice president; and Edward Sabin named chief operating officer of Discovery and TLC networks … Rainbow Media hires consultant Rosie Pisani as senior vice president of marketing for WE tv and Wedding Central.

Mark Lazarus resigns from Cincinnati Bell board because of new job with Comcast’s NBCUniversal … New Satellite Industry Association officers: Leslie Blaker, Rockwell Collins, chairman; Jennifer Warren, Lockheed Martin, vice chairman; Susan Eid, DirecTV, treasurer … Comcast promotes Rich Jennings to Mile High Region vice president … AccuWeather hires as vice presidents: Pascal Racheneur, ex-Weather Channel, for interactive media; JB Sugar, ex-LiveNation, for digital media ad sales … Turner Sports hires Paul Volen, ex-PGA Tour, as vice president and general manager of SI Digital.

Strategy & Technology promotions in Americas interactive TV technology business: Adrian Fowkes to chief technical officer; Kate Chaux to director of operations.

Mike Florio and Catherine Sandoval appointed to California Public Utilities Commission … Nebraska Public Service Commissioner Anne Boyle nominated by NARUC to Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, replacing former Commissioner Ray Baum, who’s moved to Capitol Hill staff job … Discovery Communications changes: Laurie Goldberg promoted to executive vice president-public relations, Discovery and TLC Networks; Elizabeth Hillman moves to senior vice president, international communications, new position … Lon Goldstein, ex-NCTA, named senior vice president-government relations, CIT Group … Fox Networks promotes Jamia Bigalow to senior vice president of affiliate marketing … Bravo Media promotes Jenn Levy to vice president of development and production … New Cable Center board members: Kimberly Edmunds, Cox; Peter Kalan, CSG Systems; Paul Liao, CableLabs; and Josh Sapan, Rainbow Media.

Linda Haller Sloan retires as associate bureau chief of FCC International Bureau, effective Monday … Nevion hires Adam Mendelson as director of government sales … Entercom promotes Tim Murphy to vice president of digital strategy and enterprise platforms, new position.