E.W. Scripps promotes Lana Durban Scott to vice president-general manager. WRTV Indianapolis, effective Jan. 8 ... Lobbyist registrations: U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute, Hannegan Landau, effective Nov. 10 ... Central and west Africa telco Africell Holding, Ballard Partners, effective Dec. 9 ... Eventbrite, Invariant, effective Dec. 1 ... Micro Mini Systems, Husch Blackwell, effective Dec. 1 ... Uber, Tai Ginsberg, effective Dec. 1 ... Amateur Radio Relay League, McCarthy Advanced Consulting, effective Nov. 30 ... health IT firm Surescripts, McDermott Will, effective Nov. 17 ... Verisign, DLA Piper, effective Nov. 15 ... bitcoin future trading firm BCause, Capitol Counsel, effective Nov. 14 ... National Lifeline Association, Kelley Drye, effective Nov. 7.
Roku promotes Scott Rosenberg to general manager-Platform Business.
NTIA Chief of Staff Glenn Reynolds leaves to start Washington, D.C., office for Telcordia/iconectiv ... Qualcomm promotes Executive Vice President Cristiano Amon to president, effective Jan. 4.
National Association of Attorneys General promotes Chris Toth to executive director, replacing Jim McPherson, confirmed as general counsel to the Department of the Army.
Cable ONE CEO Julie Laulis joins C-SPAN board ... NTCA hires Adam Jorde, ex-aide to Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., as a director-government affairs ... CommScope promotes Morgan Kurk to executive vice president-chief operating officer ... Meredith Corp. promotes Lori Brock to vice president-finance, Meredith Local Media ... Radio Frequency Systems names Eddy Vanderkerken, ex- Rohde & Schwarz, director-broadcast sales.
CTIA extends contract by five years for President-CEO Meredith Baker, with pact now ending in 2024 ... Intelsat hires Samer Halawi, ex-OneWeb, as chief commercial officer, effective Jan. 9 ... Biamp Systems' Ron Camden, who planned to retire, now remains vice president-sales, Americas after it was bought by Highlander Partners, reporting to Rashid Skaf, new president-CEO/co-chairman.
Manatt Phelps hires Gregg Nunziata, ex-adviser to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and with tech and patent expertise, as partner, federal regulatory and government practice ... D.A. Davidson adds Thomas White, ex-Macquarie Capital, to institutional equity research team as internet and advertising technology sector analyst ... Monaco cryptocurrency platform hires from Payreto Erald Ghoos as chief operating officer; from Prudential Asia Sean Rach as chief marketing officer; Ken Baylor, ex-Uber, as chief cybersecurity officer; and Weiyi Zhang, ex-AP Capital Management, as platform architect.
Disney's John Skipper resigns as president, ESPN, and co-chairman, Disney Media Networks; George Bodenheimer, ex-ESPN president and former executive chairman, named acting chairman for 90 days; Skipper says he "struggled for many years with a substance addiction," the most important thing now "is to take care of my problem" and he and the company agreed he should resign ... Cablevision's Dolan family-founded media measurement and analytics firm 605 hires technology consultant Daniel Berg as its first chief technology officer ... Madison Square Garden Co. moves up Andrew Lustgarten to president.
USTelecom hires Hawley Stanton, ex-office of House Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta, R-Ohio, as manager-government affairs ... U.K. government names Terry Burns, ex-Channel 4, Ofcom chairman, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Patricia Hodgson, stepping down ... Newsmax TV hires Jeff Lewis, ex-Ovation, as chief revenue officer ... New maker of ultra-small satellites AST&Science, started by Abel Avellan, ex-Emerging Markets Communications, as founder-chairman-CEO ... Arrow Electronics names Steven Gunby, FTI Consulting, to the board, from which John Hanson retires ... Open Compute Project Foundation elects Mark Roenigk, Facebook, as chair, succeeding that company's Jason Taylor.
Pat Carney retires as FCC Office of General Counsel Administrative Law Division assistant general counsel-ethics ... Outgoing Universal Service Administrative Co. acting CEO Vickie Robinson's post at Microsoft (see 1712130018 or 1712130020) is corporate affairs director, Microsoft Airband Initiative, effective Jan. 8, a USAC representative told us; company continues not commenting ... New law firm of Edwards Maxson Mago & Macaulay, with areas including intellectual property; mergers and acquisitions; and technology transactions, adds as partners from Culhane Meadows, working in these areas, Jamal Edwards, Ajay Mago and Michelle Skinner, spokeswoman tells us.