NAB General Counsel and Executive Vice President Jane Mago retiring, will be a consultant there through 2015 and help oversee music licensing litigation at the Copyright Royalty Board; to be succeeded as head of the legal department by Executive Vice President Rick Kaplan, who now oversees legal and regulatory affairs and is general counsel ...IFC promotes Kevin Vitale to senior vice president-brand marketing ... Birch Communications, following July's purchase of Cbeyond, names at combined company Vincent Oddo as president and CEO, Chris Aversano as executive vice president-chief operating officer, Edward James as senior vice president-chief financial officer, Chris Bunce as senior vice president-general counsel, Christopher Ramsey becomes senior vice president-chief sales officer, and Melanie Kreh promoted to vice president-marketing.

Crown Media hires Josie Ventura, ex-NBCUniversal, as vice president-digital ... ​Appointed at Viacom: Ross Martin as executive vice president-marketing strategy and engagement, Viacom Media Networks, new post; Kern Schireson, ex-Schireson Associates consulting firm, as executive vice president-data strategy and consumer intelligence, also new post ...Lenovo appointments, effective April 1: Chen Xudongto become CEO of new subsidiary to build smart devices and services business in China;Tong Fuyao will replace him as head of Lenovo’s China business; Ken Wongto be promoted to head of Lenovo’s business in Asia Pacific’s emerging markets ... Lobbyisy registrations: Aereo, registering on behalf of itself, effective Oct. 1 ... Belkin, Franklin Square Group, effective Sept. 1.