Kevin Gage, ex-Warner and NBC, becomes NAB executive vice president and chief technology officer, new position … Irene Esteves, ex-XL Group, to become Time Warner Cable executive vice president and chief financial officer … Media General changes: Chief Operating Officer Reid Ashe retiring from job and board Dec. 31; Chief Financial Officer John Schauss named vice president of market operations, being succeeded by James Woodward; Andrew Carington promoted to vice president, general counsel and secretary, succeeding George Mahoney, who becomes vice president of growth and performance, effective Oct. 1.
New members of president’s National Security Telecom Advisory Committee: Matt Desch, Iridium; Joseph Fergus, Communication Technologies Inc.; Larissa Herda, tw telecom … Break Media online video and gaming firm hires Andrew Doyle, ex-Activision-Blizzard, as chief financial officer and David Subar, ex-Oversee.net, as chief technology officer … NBCUniversal integrated strategic marketing names Monica Halpert, ex-Bluefly.com chief marketing officer, as CMO in residence for the summer … Martha Stewart Living names Lisa Gersh, ex-NBC, president and chief operating officer, creates plan to name her CEO within 12-20 months and she likely will join board soon … Doyle Mitchell resigns from board of Radio One; Dennis Miller, Spark Capital, replaces him.
New at Internet Innovation Alliance: Ex-Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., as honorary chairman, and consultant and CNN analyst Jamal Simmons as honorary co-chairman … Wireless consulting firm Acta names Mark Schultz, ex-McCaw, AT&T Wireless and Alltel, vice president-business development … BlackArrow hires Laurel Gilbert, ex-Sigma Systems, as vice president of service provider solutions.
Media Access Project departures: Kamilla Kovacs hired by office of Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., as legislative assistant on telecom issues, where she began work Monday; Matt Wood to Free Press as policy director, effective June 1 … Lauren Azar resigns as a member of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission to move to U.S. Department of Energy … Wonya Lucas, ex-Discovery, becomes president-CEO of TV One, effective Aug. 8. Time Warner Cable names David Rone, ex-Evolution Media Capital, president, TWC Sports … Harris Corp. Chairman-CEO Howard Lance to retire as CEO in year, remain chairman; search for successor begun … Hibernia Atlantic hires Kathy Perone, ex-Xlnt Technologies, as chief operations officer … Univision promotes Kevin Cuddihy to president of Univision TV Group; Rick Alessandri, ex-ESPN, joins Univision as senior vice president-business development.
Promotions by FCC in Office of Legislative Affairs: Greg Guice to acting director; Christopher Lewis to acting deputy director … Lobbyist Registrations: AT&T, The Gibson Group, effective May 1.
Lobbyist Registrations: NBCUniversal, Cabralgroup, effective March 31 … Sprint Nextel, Franklin Square Group, effective April 11 … Rural Cellular Association, TwinLogic Strategies, effective April 15 … Ericsson promotes Arun Bhikshesvaran to head of marketing and chief marketing officer … Saffron Digital hires Matt Peterson, ex-Samsung Mobile, as senior vice president, America … Sunrise Telecom adds Helmut Berg, ex-JDSU, to board … Online video technology firm Ooyala board adds Russ Pillar, 5850 Group and the Raine Group.
Rick Boucher, ex-Democratic congressman from Virginia, hired by Sidley Austin as a partner in the Washington office, where he will head its new government strategies practice … 720 Strategies Washington PR firm hires Jeff Oldham, ex-Sextant Public Affairs, as managing director.
Lobbyist Registrations: Pandora Media, TwinLogic Strategies, effective April 1. … General Communication Inc. last month hired Megan Delany, ex-own consulting and lobbying firm, as vice president, federal governmental affairs and counsel in Washington, D.C., office, succeeding Tina Pidgeon, previously promoted to work for company at Alaska headquarters … Weigel Broadcasting changes: Neal Sabin promoted to president of content and networks; John Hendricks, ex-Tribune Broadcasting, hired as executive vice president of sales, new position … Mellanox Technologies promotions: Matthew Gloss to general counsel; Shai Cohen to chief operating officer … BlackArrow board adds Joan Gillman, Time Warner Cable, as member in conjunction with an investment by the cable operator.
Joseph Clayton, ex-RCA and Sirius, named Dish Network president and CEO, replacing Charles Ergen, who remains chairman … Changes in FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau: Howard Parnell, ex-Washingtonpost.com, named chief of new Web and Print Publishing Division; Susan McLean, ex-Public Safety Bureau, moves to chief of Consumer Affairs and Outreach Division … TV One President-CEO Johnathan Rodgers to retire, effective July 31 … RRsat board member Shlomo Shamir becomes chairman, replacing Gilad Ramot, remaining on board … 3D network 3net names Carlos Gutierrez, ex-Discovery, vice president-business affairs and legal … Olivia Dupuis promoted to AMC vice president-public relations.
Broadcaster Q1 results: Westwood One sales fell 2.1 percent from a year earlier to $90.9 million, the company said. Its net loss increased 45 percent to $9.7 million on lower sales and higher expenses. … Cumulus Media sales gained 2.7 percent to $57.8 million from a year earlier. The broadcaster had a profit of $16.1 million versus a $144,000 loss a year earlier, it said.