Senate unanimously confirms Ernest Moniz as Energy secretary … Hearst Television promotes Michael Hayes to senior vice president/group head … Departing FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski names to Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council: Larissa Herda, tw telecom, chairman; and members include Brian Allen, Time Warner Cable; Robert Azzi, Sprint Nextel; Donna Bethea-Murphy, Iridium; Lynn Claudy, NAB; Donna Dodson, National Institute of Standards and Technology; David Donovan, New York State Broadcasters Association; Andy Ellis, Akamai; Brook Fitzsimmons, AT&T; Laurie Flaherty, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Peter Fonash, Department of Homeland Security; Brian Fontes, National Emergency Number Association; Robert Gessner, American Cable Association; Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Center for Democracy and Technology; Rodney Joffe, Neustar; Brian Josef, CTIA; Omar Khan, NQ Mobile; Brett Kilbourne, Utilities Telecom Council; Alice Lippert, Department of Energy; John Madden, National Emergency Management Association; Kyle Malady, Verizon; Sam Matheny, Capitol Broadcasting; John McCoskey, PBS; Danny McPherson, Verisign; Ann Miles, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Michael Mosher, T-Mobile USA; Mehran Nazari, Rural Telecommunications Group; Henry Wayne Pacine, Federal Reserve Board of Governors; Mark Paese, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Damon Penn, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Brian Peretti, Treasury Department; Francisco Sánchez Jr., Harris County, Texas, Homeland Security and Emergency Management; William Schully, DirecTV; Bill Smith, PayPal; Gigi Smith, Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials; Myrna Soto, Comcast Cable; Steve Souder, Fairfax County, Va., Department of Public Safety Communications; Dorothy Spears-Dean, Virginia Wireless E-911 Services Board; Rao Vasireddy, Telecommunications Industry Association; Christian Vogler, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Consumer Advocacy Network; Tim Walden, CenturyLink; Geoffrey Why, NARUC; Pamela Witmer, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission … Mindspeed Technologies adds Fared Adib, Sprint Nextel, to board.

Cablevision promotes James Nuzzo to senior executive vice president-operations and business planning … CBS hires Elizabeth Tumulty, ex-CW Network, as executive vice president-affiliate relations, CBS Television Network … Tribune Co. hires Melanie Hughes, ex-own consulting practice, as executive vice president-human resources … For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology names Don Bossi, ex-Cidra Holdings, president … Entercom hires Steve Sinicropi, ex-Cox Media Group, as vice president/market manager, Greenville, S.C.

News Corp. hires Antoinette Cook Bush, ex-Skadden Arps, as executive vice president and global head-government affairs for the new News Corp. publishing firm to be formed when the company separates into two, effective June 24 … CompTel hires Angie Kronenberg, ex-aide to FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, as chief advocate and general counsel, effective June 3 … U.S. Commerce Department changes effective June 1: General Counsel Cameron Kerry named acting secretary, and National Institute of Standards and Technology Director Patrick Gallagher to be department’s acting deputy secretary, as Acting Secretary Rebecca Blank departs as planned to be chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Penny Pritzker continues start of confirmation process to be permanent secretary … Cablevision promotes Clifford Harris to senior vice president-law, programming … Liberty Global promotes Robert Dunn to chief financial officer, Virgin Media, once Liberty buys that company, succeeding Eamonn O'Hare, leaving to pursue new opportunities, as Dunn will be replaced as managing director, Liberty’s UPC Netherlands, by Baptiest Coopmans, ex-KPN … Southern California Broadcasters Association names Thom Callahan, ex-Callahan Communications, as president … Aframe cloud video company hires from Sega: Mike Hayes, as chairman; and Gary Knight, chief operating officer … HSN Inc. promotes: Judy Schmeling to chief operating officer and chief financial officer; Michael Attinella to CFO, HSN business, and chief accounting officer, HSNi; Patrick Vonderhaar to CFO, Cornerstone Brands; and to executive vice presidents Rob Solomon for customer care & operations administration, HSNi, and Bob Monti for supply chain & logistics, HSNi … Lobbying registrations: Nokia, Alston & Bird, effective April 1 … Vodafone, Hogan Lovells, effective April 9 … Wireless carrier Continuum 700, Madison Group, effective May 6.

Windstream hires Randy Nicklas, formerly of XO Communications, as executive vice president- engineering, and chief technology officer … RIAA promotes Steven Marks to newly created position of chief-digital business, and he remains general counsel … CableLabs hires Tom Lookabaugh, ex-ViaSat, as executive vice president-R&D … MIPI Alliance, which develops interface specifications for mobile and related industries, promotes Peter Lefkin to full-time managing director, and hires Mike Krell, ex-Alereon, as director-marketing and membership … Tollgrade Communications hires James Andrus, ex-Echelon Corp., as vice president-global smart grid sales … Wohler Technologies promotes John Terrey to vice president-sales … FCC Intergovernmental Advisory Committee open slots filled by: Sonja Reece, mayor pro tem of Normal, Ill., for municipal seat; and Susie Allen, Colville Confederated Tribes, tribal seat.

Nomination sent to the Senate for Ryan Crocker to be member of Broadcasting Board of Governors for term expiring Aug. 13, replacing Victor Ashe, whose term expired, and for Crocker to be reappointed to BBG for a term ending Aug. 13, 2016 … New York State Wireless Association elections to board include: Christopher Fisher, Cuddy & Feder, as president; and as directors Stephen Banks, KMB Design Group; David Bronson, Phillips Lytle; Carl Calabrese, Masiello, Martucci, Calabrese & Associates; and Joseph Messineo, AT&T.

Media securities sales: Nielsen said as many as 40.25 million shares will be sold by some existing investors in a secondary offering in which the company won’t get any proceeds (http://bit.ly/166v1rJ). That stake is worth about $1.43 billion at current prices. ... Suddenlink affiliates are offering $750 million of senior notes due in 2021, and will use the proceeds to buy back other bonds maturing in 2017, the cable operator said in a news release Monday (http://bit.ly/11yTVyQ).

Nominations sent to Senate for previously announced presidential plans to appoint: Penny Pritzker secretary of commerce, replacing John Bryson, resigned; Tom Wheeler to be FCC member for term expiring June 30, replacing outgoing Chairman Julius Genachowski, and also for a five-year term as a reappointment starting July 1 … Triton Digital promotes Jean-François Gadoury to chief technology officer.

FCC Chief of Staff Zac Katz named senior fellow at USC Annenberg’s Center on Communication Leadership & Policy … Renee Gregory, aide to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, to stay at commission as chief of staff, Office of Engineering and Technology … Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis leaves to head international government, regulatory and policy at mobile payment company Square … Robert Pick, Comcast, joins ValueVision board … SeaChange International Chief Financial Officer Michael Bornak resigns effective May 31; Anthony Dias promoted to senior vice president and will be interim chief financial officer during the search for a permanent CFO … Amy Hood promoted to Microsoft chief financial officer, replacing Peter Klein … Christin McMeley, ex-Charter Communications, joins Davis Wright as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office …Lobbyist registrations: RIAA, Capitol Counsel, effective April 1.

Quarterly media company results: News Corp. reported net income of $2.9 billion for Q3 2013, vs. the $1 billion for the same period last year. A company release (http://bit.ly/15qaluK) said the income gains were related to the acquisition of an additional ownership stake in Sky Deutschland and the sale of the company’s stake in New Zealand’s Sky Network Television, along with an $11 million gain from shares of BSkyB that were repurchased. It said the gains were “partially offset” by $56 million of restructuring charges related to the company’s international newspaper businesses. News Corp. had $9.54 billion total revenue for Q3, a 14 percent increase from the prior-year quarter. News Corp. said “approximately 55 percent of the revenue increase reflects growth at the Cable Network Programming, Filmed Entertainment and Television segments,” though the growth was offset by lower revenue in publishing. ... AMC Networks reported a 17.1 percent increase in net revenue to $382 million in Q1 this year compared to a year ago, a release said (http://bit.ly/YIhVOa). AMC also improved in net income, to $62 million from $43 million the prior-year quarter. The company said the gains were driven by the company’s original programming, such as Portlandia and The Walking Dead.

Q1 media results: Arbitron profit fell 8.4 percent from the year-ago quarter to $16.3 million, the company said in a news release (http://bit.ly/YvIbFW). Arbitron said some of the hit came from $3.2 million in expenses related to the company’s pending acquisition by Nielsen Holdings, which was approved by Arbitron’s shareholders in April. Expenses in Q1 also rose because of “planned incremental investments in Arbitron Mobile panels, costs associated with address-based sampling, in-person recruiting, and cell-phone household recruiting,” Arbitron said. Revenue rose 34 percent to $112 million. ... Nexstar profit dropped from $3.16 million to $705,000. The company blamed some of the drop on the absence of political ad revenue, but said (http://bit.ly/15q8XIs) it had a record quarter for net revenue, with a 34.2 percent increase to $112.2 million. CEO Perry Sook predicted the company would generate “record revenue and free cash flow in 2013, even without the benefit of the record levels of political revenues we generated in 2012."