Communications Personals
NCTA hires Brooke Ericson, outgoing (see 1809120046) chief of staff-legal adviser on media to FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly, as vice president-government affairs ... Peter Hyun, ex-office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., becomes Wiley Rein partner-white collar defense and government investigations, has privacy and cybersecurity expertise ... Former U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg joins Facebook as head-global affairs.
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CBS moves Adam Townsend to Showtime executive vice president-chief financial officer, replacing Christina Spade, promoted to CBS CFO (see this section of the Oct. 19 issue) ... Fandor names Chris Kelly CEO, succeeding Larry Aidem, now Reverb Advisors managing partner, and taps John Zamoiski, ex-Donor CX, as first chief marketing officer; Kelly remains chairman.
CPB elects Bruce Ramer, of Gang Tyre, and Patricia Cahill, ex-KCUR(FM) Kansas City, Missouri, to one-year terms as chair and vice chair, respectively ... John Hennessy notifies Cisco he won’t seek re-election to board; Carol Bartz not eligible for renomination due to company age limits.
Lobbyist registrations: BeIN Media Group, Sidley Austin, effective Oct. 15 ... Dell, TheGROUP DC, effective Oct. 1 ... Intralot, Brownstein Hyatt on “internet game legislation,” effective Sept. 18 ... Education Broadband Service Coalition, Todd Smith & Associates, effective Sept. 17 ... Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, Steptoe & Johnson, effective Sept. 11 ... NewsGuard Technologies, Prime Policy Group, effective Sept. 6 ... Tech/cybersecurity consultants KSM Consulting, Barnes & Thornburg, effective Sept. 4 ... Facebook, Capitol Tax Partners, effective Sept. 1 ... Vermont Telephone, TeleMedia Policy Corp., effective Sept. 1 ... MPAA, BGR Government Affairs, effective Aug. 31 ... Directors Guild of America, Covington & Burling, effective Aug. 20 ... Verifone, Venable, effective Aug. 7 ... Digital currency firm Ripple Labs, ACG Analytics, effective Aug. 1 ... TerreStar, American Continental Group, effective Aug. 1 ... PdvWireless, The Cormac Group on 900 MHz band licensing, effective July 11.