Former FCC General Counsel Bruce Fein joins Ron Paul presidential campaign as senior adviser … Internet Broadcasting names Todd Carter, ex-Best Buy, chief technology officer.
Lobbyist Registrations: CenturyLink, FirstStrategic, effective Aug. 17 … Access Spectrum, Capitol Decisions, effective Aug. 1.
Time Warner Cable hires Todd Townsend, ex-Qwest, as chief marketing officer for East division, which adds as vice presidents: Jennifer Friedman, ex-TOA Technologies, for subscriber acquisition; Alessandra Otero-Reiss, promoted, for multicultural marketing; Tanita Alexander, ex-Wells Fargo, for customer relationship management; and Justin Wolf, ex-AOL, for product management … Univision elevates Mark Dante to executive vice president of TV station group sales … Texas Association of Broadcasters board elections: Brian Jones, Nexstar, chairman; Mary Hatcher, Bryan Broadcasting, vice chairman,; Mike Lee, KXXV-TV Waco and KRHD-TV Bryan, secretary; Chris Paddie, KMHT Marshall, treasurer … Brightcove hires Sue Thexton, ex-Datawatch Corp., as senior vice president of sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa … EarthLink hires Duane Hubbard as vice president of national accounts, new position.
Independent Telephone & Telecom Alliance hires Micah Caldwell, ex-Edwards Angell, as vice president of regulatory affairs … Motorola Mobility director William Hambrecht departed board, effective immediately … MEF metro ethernet forum board elections: Nan Chen, Cenx, president; Mike Volgende, Verizon, chairman … National Hispanic Media Coalition hires Rosalia Tenorio as communications director.
Univision Communications promotes Jeff Browning to senior vice president of sales for news, new position, effective Sept. 6 … Lobbyist Registrations: Google, Wiltshire & Grannis, effective July 22 … LIN Media hires Brett Jenkins, ex-Ion Media, as vice president and chief technology officer, new position … Correction: Cavalier Wireless signed up Capitol Resources as a lobbyist (CD Aug 15 p11).
RHI Entertainment hires Bernhard Schwab, ex-Tandem Communications, as senior vice president of international sales … Tremor Video hires Bill Condon, ex-Rhythm NewMedia, as director of mobile sales.
Hearst promotes Sarah Smith to president and general manager, KMBC-TV and KCWE-TV Kansas City, Mo., effective Sept. 6 … Lobbyist registrations: Paetec’s Cavalier phone unit, Capitol Resources, effective Aug. 9 … Coalition for Mobile Wireless Competition, Brownstein Hyatt, effective July 1.
Arbitron promotes Sean Creamer to chief operating officer, new position … Clear Channel promotions: Michele Laven to executive vice president-strategic partnerships; Tom Poleman to president-national programming platforms; Tom Owens to executive vice president-programming research and strategy; Darren Davis to senior vice president/general manager-national programming platforms; Jeff Littlejohn to executive vice president-engineering and systems integration … Westwood One promotes Michael Schreck to vice president-sports sales.
Clearwire promotes Erik Prusch to president-CEO; interim CEO John Stanton becomes executive chairman … Daniel Margolis, ex-Garvey Schubert, hired by FCC as attorney-adviser in Office of Communications Business Opportunities … Lobbyist registrations: Spectrum Bridge, Wiltshire & Grannis, effective July 1 … Chuck Davis, ex-Fandango, joins Boingo Wireless board … New members of Unified Communications Interoperability Forum board: Yair Wiener, Radvision, and Ashish Gupta, Vidyo … Scripps Networks moves Andy Singer, ex-DIY Network, to Travel Channel head of programming and production … Westwood One promotes Max Krasny to senior vice president/general manager-entertainment division and affiliate sales.
NAB promotes Christopher Ornelas to chief operating officer and Joy Whitlow to chief financial officer and executive vice president … Neutral Tandem adds David Zwick, ex-Lehman Brothers, as senior vice president-business development … Lobbyist registrations: Google, Akin Gump, effective July 15.