Kris Jones promoted by NAB to vice president of media relations; Allison Kreutzjans, ex-MPAA and Education Finance Council, hired as manager of public service initiatives … Connected Nation hires Thomas Koutsky, ex-FCC Omnibus Broadband Initiative, as chief policy counsel … Katie Jacobs Stanton, ex-State Department Office of Innovation, becomes Twitter head of international strategy … Cameron Death promoted to senior vice president and general manager of NBC Universal Digital Studio … Additions to The Hub: Michael Grover, ex-Cartoon Network, as director, consumer marketing; Cindy Slocki, ex-United Media, as director, integrated marketing solutions.
Tom O'Brien moves within NBC Universal to become CNBC chief revenue officer, a new position … Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers board members representing regions: Steve Taber, Comcast; Leslie Read, Read Broadband; Rick Sullivan, Times Fiber; Joseph Jensen, Buckeye CableSystem; Tommy Hill, Mediacom; Robert Legg, Suddenlink; Bob Foote, TriNet; and directors-at-large Tony Faccia, Rogers, for Canada; and, for all regions, Dick Amell, Time Warner Cable; and Alan Tschirner, National Cable Telecommunications Cooperative.
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.
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.
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.
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.