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Viacom's Cyma Zarghami stepping down as president, Nickelodeon Group; Viacom Media Networks Chief Operating Officer Sarah Levy leads the brand on interim basis ... In Microsoft buying GitHub for $7.5 billion, acquirer says open source expert and Microsoft Corporate Vice President Nat Friedman, founder of Xamarin, was named GitHub CEO; outgoing CEO Chris Wanstrath named Microsoft technical fellow to work on strategic software initiatives, reporting to Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie ... Palo Alto Networks board hires Nikesh Arora, ex-SoftBank, as chairman-CEO, succeeding Mark McLaughlin, named vice chairman.
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Columbia Journalism School hires Raju Narisetti, ex-Gizmodo Media Group, to join faculty as professor of professional practice and director, Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism, effective in the fall; Narisetti succeeds outgoing Knight-Bagehot Director Terri Thompson, who previously announced retirement ... Time Warner's Turner expands jobs for David Beck, executive vice president-corporate strategy and operations who now oversees Turner corporate strategy, intelligence and research and corporate business affairs teams, and Jesse Redniss, named executive vice president-data strategy and product innovation.
BCN non-facilities based CLEC advances Richard Boudria to chairman-CEO and Julian Jacquez to president-chief operating officer ... Thrive Global CEO Arianna Huffington, saying company is expanding to San Francisco, hires Yardley Ip Pohl, ex-Zillow Group, as chief product officer ... Arris' Ruckus Networks appoints from VT Group Larry Birnbaum as vice president, Global Hospitality and Multi-Dwelling Unit Business Development and Solutions.
Sprint board elects Stephen Kappes, Torch Hill Investment Partners, as director ... Executive board of Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program, a joint venture of telecom companies and associations and Department of Labor, elects David Sams, SBA Communications, chairperson; Paul Roberts, American Tower, vice chairperson; and Beau Aero, GME Supply, secretary; ex-Chairman Scott Kisting, Proactive Telecommunications Solutions named chairperson emeritus.