Lobbyist registrations: Internet Association, Franklin Square Group, effective Feb. 15.
Hearst Corp. promotes Steven Swartz to CEO, succeeding Frank Bennack, who remains executive vice chairman, effective June 1 … Intellectual Ventures intellectual property firm hires: Russ Merbeth, ex-Leap Wireless, as chief policy counsel, in Washington office, and Maurizio Vecchione, inventor, as vice president-global good, in Bellevue, Wash. … Competitive Carriers Association adds Tom Cullen, Dish Network, to board.
Entercom Communications advances "Weezie” Kramer to station group president, new post … Dom Atteritano promoted at AMC Networks to senior vice president-legal and business affairs; Brian Gottlock promoted to vice president, legal and business affairs … Univision Communications promotes Mónica Talán to executive vice president-corporate communications and public relations … Univision Radio promotes Chris Muñoz to senior vice president of network sales … Jupiter Telecommunications names Toshio Maki representative director and executive vice president, replacing Shunsuke Oyama … Lobbyist registrations: Space Data Corp., manufacturer of high-altitude communication systems, Bromelkamp Government Relations, effective Oct. 1 … Internet Association, Kountoupes Denham, effective Feb. 15 … GPS Innovation Alliance, Heather McNatt Hennessey, effective March 26 … APTS Action, representing public television stations, Sundquist Group, effective Feb. 1.
Jeff Von Deylen advances to CEO, CenturyLink subsidiary Savvis, replacing Jim Ousley, retiring … Colleen Cassel, ex-CBS, appointed Veria Living director-advertising sales.
Linda Bloss-Baum resigns as vice president for public policy at Time Warner to create Linda Bloss-Baum Creative Strategies … Kai Dhaliwal promoted to senior vice president, business and legal affairs, for Fox Sports Media Group … Entravision Communications appoints Javier Ortiz, ex-Cox, to vice president of integrated marketing solutions …Donald Dinella, ex-Alcatel Lucent, joins InterDigital as chief licensing officer … Univision Communications promotes David Beck to senior vice president-social media.
National Religious Broadcasters CEO Frank Wright said he will resign, effective Oct. 4 … New Broadband Forum board members: Lowell Lamb, Broadcom; Manuel Paul, Deutsche Telekom; and Les Brown, Huawei … Jim Ousley, CEO of CenturyLink-owned Savvis, will retire, effective April 1 … WE tv names Mark Neschis, ex-Wenner Media, senior vice president-public relations.
FCC Chief Counsel and Senior Legal Adviser Sherrese Smith, last of original team of legal aides to Chairman Julius Genachowski, leaving agency, no plans disclosed … Clear Channel Outdoor hires Jason King, ex-Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, as vice president-corporate communications, effective April 8 … Scripps Networks Interactive hires Márcio Fonseca, ex-Fox Latin American Channels, as managing director-Latin America … Named to board of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS after their proposed combination: Timotheus Hottges, T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom, as chairman, and among directors, Michael Barnes, MetroPCS board, Srikant Datar, Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business Administration, Lawrence Guffey, of Blackstone and a DT director, and of DT Raphael Kubler, Thorsten Langheim and Rene Obermann, and John Legere, T-Mobile, and James Perry, MetroPCS director.
FaegreBD Consulting hires ex-Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif., as senior vice president for government advocacy and consulting on entertainment, media and information technology … CableLabs hires, as vice presidents, from Hewlett-Packard: Christian Pape for innovation; and earlier this year Wayne Surdam for communications … Macheen mobile cloud app service provider for connected devices adds Tom Meredith, Meritage Capital, to board … Tribune Co. hires Matt Cherniss, ex-Warner Bros., as president/general manager, WGN America and newly formed Tribune Studios; and names Julio Marenghi, who had headed WGN America, as president-broadcast media sales … Univision Communications promotes in Network Sales division: Lisa Nolan to senior vice president; and she’s replaced by Claudia Granados as vice president in unit … Tennis Channel hires Virginia Hunt, formerly of Los Angeles stations KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV, as executive director-programming.
Univision Communications hires John Kelly, ex-NBCUniversal, as executive vice president-digital sales … Frontier Communications hires Luke Szymczak, ex-J.P. Morgan, as vice president-investor relations … International Datacasting hires Chris Barrett, ex-Stratford Managers, as vice president-research & development …Lobbyist registrations: Entertainment Software Association, Polaris Government Relations, effective Feb. 1 … Native American Telecom, SNR Denton, effective Feb 15.
Office of U.S. Trade Representative promotes Demetrios Marantis to acting USTR, replacing USTR Ron Kirk, whose last day was Thursday … Wiley Rein hires Richard Beaird, ex-State Department’s Office of International Communications and Information Policy, as senior international policy adviser, international telecom practice … Porter Novelli hired Brian Frederick, ex-Sports Fan Coalition executive director, in January as vice president-public affairs, and he’s now on the coalition’s board … BSA-The Software Alliance President and CEO Robert Holleyman stepping down to be senior adviser to group’s Chairman Pascal Di Fronzo, effective end of April … Changes in office of EU Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes: Head Of Cabinet Anthony Whelan moves to DG CONNECT as adviser to Director General Robert Madelin and with “special responsibilities” to Deputy Director General Roberto Viola, succeeded by Constantijn Van Oranje-Nassau, being promoted, effective April 2, when cabinet member Thibaut Kleiner will also start acting as Kroes’ senior adviser; Oranje-Nassau being replaced by Pearse O'Donohue, now DG Connect head of unit, effective April 15 … Covington & Burling hired earlier this month, to work in global public policy and government affairs practice: Ex-Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.; and ex-Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif. … Lobbyist registration: Digital 4th data-privacy rights group, Jochum Shore, effective Jan. 28.