NAB hires Sam Matheny, ex-Capitol Broadcasting, as executive vice president-chief technology...

NAB hires Sam Matheny, ex-Capitol Broadcasting, as executive vice president-chief technology officer, after previous holder of that job, Kevin Gage, was hired by One Media, the Coherent Logix and Sinclair project to bring next-generation broadcast platform to market faster than ATSC 3.0 (CD June 24 p17) … FCC hires Bartees Cox, ex-Public Knowledge, as public affairs specialist, effective July 28 … AT&T Vice President-Federal Relations Peter Jacoby hired by UnitedHealth Group to run government affairs … New America Foundation hires Peter Singer, consultant and author with cybersecurity and other experience, as strategist and senior fellow, joining NAF’s Future of War project, effective in September … Front Porch Digital promotes Phil Jackson to chief strategy officer … Richard Hochhauser to retire from Rentrak board at company’s annual meeting Aug. 13; Patricia Gottesman, ex-Cablevision, nominated to replace him.