Fox Television Stations moves: Bill Schneider to vice president and general manager of WAGA Atlanta; Jeff Maloney to same positions at WTVT Tampa, succeeding Schneider … John Swainson, Silver Lake Partners, appointed to Broadcom board.
Sprint Nextel names Maureen Cooney, ex-TRUSTe, deputy chief privacy officer … Tony Cardinale promoted to senior vice president of strategic insights for NBC Universal Women & Lifestyle Entertainment Networks, a new position … Nancy MacDonald promoted by Speed cable network to vice president of marketing & promotions.
Lauren Van Wazer leaves Cox Enterprises at the end of the week to become senior adviser for technology law at Department of Energy … Cablevision promotes James Blackley to executive vice president, corporate engineering and technology … Harris Corp. names John Heller, ex-Multimax, president of IT Services business … Tracie Wilson promoted by NBC Universal domestic TV distribution to senior vice president of programming & development … New Metro Ethernet Forum board members: Dennis Kruse, Orange Business Services, chairman; Nan Chen, CENX, president; Robert Kuse, Cox, treasurer; Arie Goldberg, Omnitron, secretary; Carlos Benavides, Verizon, and Phil Tilley, Alcatel-Lucent, global marketing co-chairs; Zhao Huiling, China Telecom, joins board … Steven Horn, ex-Fox Interactive Media, hired by online video site Metacafe as vice president of programming.
Ari Schwartz to resign as COO of Center for Democracy & Technology, effective Aug. 27, to become National Institute for Standards and Technology senior adviser for Internet policy.
Rural Telecommunications Group names Mehran Nazari, AdGen Telecom Group, wireless network advisor … Harris Corp. promotes Ted Hengst to corporate vice president and chief information officer … Robert Cahn promoted by Cox Enterprises to senior director of leadership development, diversity and training.
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong elected Ad Council chairman … ARINC promotes Jim Martin to managing director, Asia Pacific division, replacing Randy Pizzi, moving to ARINC international division head … Daniel Reilly steps down as communications director for Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass. … Broadcasters Foundation of America elections to vice president: Mark Gray, Katz Radio Group; Jeff Haley, Radio Advertising Bureau; and Steve Lanzano, Television Bureau of Advertising.
Cable programmer Q2 earnings: World Wrestling Entertainment sales fell 23 percent from a year earlier to $106.8 million as profit slid 69 percent to $6.25 million. “Our performance fell below management expectations as trends weakened in the latter part of the quarter,” CEO Vince McMahon said, citing pay-per-view purchases and other factors. The stock fell 5.2 percent Thursday. … Playboy Enterprises revenue fell 10 percent from a year earlier to $56 million as VoD sales fell. The net loss narrowed to $5.4 million from $8.7 million.
Michael Romano, ex-Bingham McCutchen, hired by National Telecommunications Cooperative Association as senior vice president of policy, overseeing recently combined legislative and regulatory divisions … Ken Carroll, ex-WildBlue, named EchoStar chief operating officer … Rob Chandhok promoted to president, Qualcomm Internet Services … Fox Networks Group hires for unscripted programming international licensing and production business: Stephen Wong, ex-consultant, to senior vice president of business development and operations; and Glen Hansen, ex-Target Entertainment, to vice president of sales … Viacom promotes Keith Dawkins to senior vice president and general manager of Nicktoons and TeenNick.
New members Art Graham and Ronald Briséé will join the Florida Public Utility Commission Aug. 17 … Telemundo promotes Susan Solano Vila to executive vice president-marketing, Joanna Popper to vice president-marketing … Brightstar names Oscar Rojas, ex-Motorola, president, Latin America region … William McGrath promoted by ShopNBC to senior vice president, chief financial officer … Calient Technologies’ new board members: Mike Chandler, ex-General Dynamics, Edgar Masri, Qualtre … Tribune Interactive promotions: Linda Schaible to senior vice president of product development and operations, Shawn Gannon to vice president of product development.
Ex parte filings: Gannett CEO Craig Dubow and other senior executives sought flexibility in FCC media ownership rules, including on common ownership of a TV station and a daily newspaper in a market to support local journalism, a filing Friday said. It summarized a meeting with Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. The executives also said the “retransmission consent marketplace was working and should not be changed,” the filing stated.