Douglas Wiley is now senior public policy adviser at...

February 7, 2014 |Communications Personals

Douglas Wiley is now senior public policy adviser at Wiley Rein, where he lobbies on issues including those affecting broadcasting and advertising … Cognitive Networks, automatic content recognition for smart-TV firm, adds to board Jason Fairchild, OpenX … Regional News Network online and broadcast news producer hires Jeffrey Thompson, ex-Shout Factory, as senior vice president-business development … AMC Networks promotes Katie Lanegran to vice president-public relations, SundanceTV … Spanish Broadcasting System promotes Max Ramirez to vice president-digital media sales, SBS Interactive … At cable operator WOW on April 1, Colleen Abdoulah steps down as CEO and remains chairwoman, succeeded by Steven Cochran, promoted, while Cathy Kuo was promoted to COO … CSG adds to board David Barnes, MWH Global … Lobbyist registrations: Wikimedia Foundation, Thompson Coburn, effective Feb. 3 … Yelp, Bloom Strategic Counsel, effective Feb. 3.