Nominations by President Barack Obama sent to Senate: Daniel Sepulveda,...

Nominations by President Barack Obama sent to Senate: Daniel Sepulveda, ex-aide to then-Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to be deputy assistant secretary of State for international communications and information policy, and U.S. coordinator for international communications and information policy; Kara Stein for SEC commissioner term expiring June 5, 2017, replacing Elisse Walter, whose term expired; and also to be on SEC Michael Piwowar for term expiring June 5, 2018, replacing Troy Paredes, term expiring … Western Telecommunications Alliance hires Noah Cherry, ex-St. Ledger-Roty Neuman & Olson, as director-government affairs, with focus on video regulation and cybersecurity, effective June 3 … Khosla Ventures hires Benjamin Ling, ex-Badoo, to be member of the venture capital firm’s investment staff … New directors for forthcoming split-up News Corp. are, for the 21st Century Fox broadcast and cable company: Delphine Arnault, Christian Dior; Jacques Nasser, One Equity Partners; Robert Silberman, Strayer Education; and for new News Corp. publishing company: John Elkann, Exor; Ana Paula Pessoa, Brunswick Group; Masroor Siddiqui, Naya Management; and Robert Thomson, to be CEO of that company … Association of Cable Communicators board elections include: Anthony Surratt, Time Warner Cable, as president; Annie Howell, Crown Media, first vice president-membership; Catherine Frymark, Discovery Communications, second vice president-programs; Tom Larsen, Mediacom, secretary; and Brian Dietz, NCTA, treasurer.