Communications Personals
Additional changes at AT&T: Glenn Lurie, president-CEO of mobility and consumer operations, retiring Sept. 1; reporting to John Donovan, moving to CEO, AT&T Communications amid the company buying Time Warner (see this section of the Aug. 1 issue of this publication), are Senior Executive Vice President-AT&T Technology and Operations Melissa Arnoldi and AT&T Business CEO Thaddeus Arroyo; Entertainment Group now led by President-AT&T Entertainment Group David Christopher, Senior Executive Vice President-Digital, Retail and Care Rasesh Patel and Senior Executive Vice President-Chief Content Officer Daniel York.
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CBS advertising sales changes amid "the multiplatform future" are Jo Ann Ross promoted to president-chief advertising revenue officer of the company; David Lawenda, ex-Facebook, hired as executive vice president-digital sales and sales strategy, reporting to Ross; also reporting to her is Dave Morris, expanding role to executive vice president-advanced advertising and client partnerships ... Following Univision Communications promoting Steve Mandala to president-advertising sales and marketing (see 1707280019), it says that Trisha Pray broadens role to executive vice president-sales and client development; Jorge Daboub promoted to executive vice president-local media sales; Jack Randall moves up to executive vice president-business development; John Kozack raised to senior vice president overseeing New York network and digital sales; and John Kelly expands role from executive vice president overseeing digital and news sales to include oversight of New York network sales.
Advertising Self-Regulatory Council and Council of Better Business Bureaus move up Laura Ulrich Brett to director of the National Advertising Division; succeding ex-head Andrea Levine, retired ... Interactive Advertising Bureau shifts Senior Vice President Dennis Buchheim to that job and general manager-IAB Technology Laboratory, succeeding Alanna Gombert, who an IAB spokewoman tells us resigned to "move into the private sector, and will be consulting with IAB Tech Lab for the transition" ... Lionsgate appoints Gene George, ex-Starz, executive vice president-worldwide distribution; reporting to recently promoted Lionsgate President-International Television and Digital Distribution Peter Iacono.
New FBI Director Christopher Wray (see this section of the Aug. 3 issue of this publication) sworn in Tuesday by Attorney General Jeff Sessions ... President Donald Trump's nomination of John Mitnick as general counsel, Department of Homeland Security sent to the Senate ... Senate confirmations (see 1708030060) include Vishal Amin as U.S. IP enforcement coordinator ... National Association of Tower Erectors board member Kevin Dougherty, Millennia Contracting, elected to executive committee as secretary/treasurer; departing the committee's board is Ben Little.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai names (see 1708030053) to Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee's Streamlining Federal Siting Working Group: Chair is Jonathan Adelstein, Wireless Infrastructure Association; Vice Chair is Valerie Fast Horse, Coeur d’Alene Tribe; and members are Mark Buell, Internet Society; Shirley Bloomfield, NTCA; Carri Bennet, Rural Wireless Association; Brian Boisvert, Wilson Communications; Skyler Ditchfield, GeoLinks; Stephanie Holderfield, Housing and Urban Development Department; Betsy Huber, National Grange; John Jones, CenturyLink; Daniel Jorjani, Interior Department; Kellie McGinness Kubena, Rural Utilities Service; Mark Lewellen, Deere & Co.; Ron McCue, Silver Star Communications; Chris Murphy, ViaSat; Michael Nedd, Bureau of Land Management; Steve Papa, Parallel Wireless; Bruce Patterson, city of Ammon, Idaho; Elizabeth Pierce, Quintillion; William Rinehart, American Action Forum but not representing it here; John Saw, Sprint; Brent Skorup, George Mason University's Mercatus Center; and Larry Thompson, Vantage Point Solutions ... National Association of Tower Erectors board member Kevin Dougherty, Millennia Contracting, elected to executive committee as secretary/treasurer; departing the committee's board is Ben Little.