Inmarsat hires Tony Bates, ex-Hibu, as chief financial officer...

Inmarsat hires Tony Bates, ex-Hibu, as chief financial officer … Time Warner hires Virginia Lazalde-McPherson, ex-MTV, as senior vice president-business affairs, truTV … Eric Meyrowitz, ex-Tribune Co., rejoins Hearst Television as vice president-sales, effective March 1 … Viacom promotes Audrey Diehl to vice president-animation development, Nickelodeon Group … NABPAC, NAB’s PAC, names as co-chairs Bill McElveen, L&L Broadcasting, and Ralph Oakley, Quincy … National Public Safety Telecommunications Council adds as vice chairman Terry Hall, Virginia’s York-Poquoson-Williamsburg Emergency Communications Center.