Communications Personals
In addition to FTC Chairman Joseph Simons' nominee from Covington & Burling Andrew Smith as director-Consumer Protection Bureau (see 1805170066) getting 3-2 approval, in 5-0 commissioner votes Bruce Hoffman named director-Competition Bureau, where he was acting director; Bruce Kobayashi from George Mason University Scalia Law School named director-Economics Bureau; and Alden Abbott, named acting general counsel by then-acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen (see the section of the April 3 issue of this publication), moves to general counsel.
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As 21st Century Fox eyes a proposed New Fox if its plan to sell other assets to Disney proceeds (see 1805160025), it says that Suzanne Scott moves up to CEO, Fox News and Fox Business Network; Jay Wallace elevated to president-Fox News and executive editor; Jack Abernethy continues as CEO of newly expanded Fox Television Stations Group ... In realignment of Lionsgate motion picture business, Nathan Kahane, co-founder and CEO of Good Universe, which company bought in October, named president-Motion Picture Group, and ex-Good Universe executive Erin Westerman becomes executive vice president-production.
Meredith rebrands in-house TV production company as Four M Studios, formerly known as Time Inc. Productions, led by Bruce Gersh, president of People, Entertainment Weekly and People en Espanol, and head, Four M Studios ... Deluxe Entertainment Services appoints Eric Cummins, ex-Vista Equity Partners, chief financial officer ... TierPoint adds Jenny Cooper, ex-Nidec Motor, as senior vice president-chief accounting officer and Chris Scaglione promoted to senior vice president-financial operations ... House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, adds to panel Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz.