Tribune board elects Bruce Karsh, Oaktree Capital Management, as chairman; and hires

January 22, 2013 |Communications Personals

Tribune board elects Bruce Karsh, Oaktree Capital Management, as chairman; and hires Peter Liguori, ex-Discovery Communications, as CEO; as ex-CEO Eddy Hartenstein continues as publisher, Los Angeles Times, and CEO, Los Angeles Times Media Group, and becomes special advisor to CEO’s office … NBCUniversal promotes Joe Bernard to senior vice president-advertising sales, mun2 Hispanic-entertainment cable network … President Barack Obama plans to appoint Vint Cerf, Google, to the National Science Foundation’s National Science Board … Lobbyist registrations: Intel, Washington Tax Group, effective Jan. 1 … NoChokePoints Coalition, Northfork Strategies, effective Oct. 1 … Google, JGB and Associates, effective Oct. 1.