NAB hires Jack Smedile, ex-aide to Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., as...

NAB hires Jack Smedile, ex-aide to Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., as vice president-government relations, effective Nov. 4 … Wilkinson Barker hires Kelly Donohue, ex-FCC Enforcement Bureau, as counsel on media and digital content regulatory, transactional, intellectual property and enforcement issues … CEA hires Alex Reynolds, ex-PCIA, as senior manager and regulatory counsel … 21st Century Fox promotes Randy Freer to president and chief operating officer, Fox Networks Group, new position, and Eric Shanks, who ran Fox Sports Media Group with Freer, gets sole responsibility for the group as its president and COO … Martha Stewart Living hires Daniel Dienst, ex-Sims Metal Management, as CEO, and he remains on the board … Radio One promotes Christopher Wegmann to president, radio division, effective Friday.

GSMA elects Deputy Chairman Jon Fredrik Baksaas, Telenor Group, as chairman for remainder of the current board term through next December … 8x8 elects Jaswinder Pal Singh, Princeton University, to succeed on board Mansour Salame, resigned to pursue other opportunities … Ubiquiti Networks names to board: Steven Altman, Qualcomm; Rafael Torres, OCZ Technology Group; and Ubiquiti Chief Financial Officer Craig Foster … Lobbyist Registrations: Coalition for Patent Fairness, Wilmer Cutler, effective Sept. 26 … Intelligent Car Coalition, DCI Group, effective Sept. 10 … Software & Information Industry Association, Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates, effective July 1 … Sorenson Communications, DLA Piper, effective Sept. 24 … Verizon, Wilmer Cutler, effective Aug. 1.