Dickstein Shapiro hires Atulya Agarwal, ex-Elan Pharmaceuticals, to join intellectual property practice as partner in Palo Alto, Calif., office … PlayPhone mobile social gaming firm hires Bhaskar Roy, ex-Skype, as chief product officer … Back9Network hires Steven Shaw, ex-TV producer and journalist, as vice president-production and operations … Mox online music TV service hires Alexis Giles, ex-Google and DJZ, as vice president-business development … Martha Stewart Living hires Janet Stein, ex-Hästens Beds, as senior vice president-merchandising … Viacom promotes Jack Daley to vice president-consumer marketing, Nickelodeon Group.
Local TV hires Jim Clayton, ex-Fisher Communications, as interim president and general manager, WGHP High Point, N.C. … Black Box Corp. elects John Heller, ex-Caterpillar, and Joel Trammell, ex-Lone Rock Technology Group, to board.
Equinix adds Tom Bartlett, American Tower, to board … Black Box Corp. promotes as planned Michael McAndrew to president and CEO, and he joins board, succeeding Terry Blakemore, retired and who remains a director until next annual meeting … WWE hires Gerrit Meier, ex-Spotify, as executive vice president-international … Radio Television Digital News Association adds Scott Libin, Internet Broadcasting, to board, representing eight Midwest states.
Lobbyist registrations: Internet Association, Franklin Square Group, effective Feb. 15.
Hearst Corp. promotes Steven Swartz to CEO, succeeding Frank Bennack, who remains executive vice chairman, effective June 1 … Intellectual Ventures intellectual property firm hires: Russ Merbeth, ex-Leap Wireless, as chief policy counsel, in Washington office, and Maurizio Vecchione, inventor, as vice president-global good, in Bellevue, Wash. … Competitive Carriers Association adds Tom Cullen, Dish Network, to board.
Entercom Communications advances "Weezie” Kramer to station group president, new post … Dom Atteritano promoted at AMC Networks to senior vice president-legal and business affairs; Brian Gottlock promoted to vice president, legal and business affairs … Univision Communications promotes Mónica Talán to executive vice president-corporate communications and public relations … Univision Radio promotes Chris Muñoz to senior vice president of network sales … Jupiter Telecommunications names Toshio Maki representative director and executive vice president, replacing Shunsuke Oyama … Lobbyist registrations: Space Data Corp., manufacturer of high-altitude communication systems, Bromelkamp Government Relations, effective Oct. 1 … Internet Association, Kountoupes Denham, effective Feb. 15 … GPS Innovation Alliance, Heather McNatt Hennessey, effective March 26 … APTS Action, representing public television stations, Sundquist Group, effective Feb. 1.
Jeff Von Deylen advances to CEO, CenturyLink subsidiary Savvis, replacing Jim Ousley, retiring … Colleen Cassel, ex-CBS, appointed Veria Living director-advertising sales.
Linda Bloss-Baum resigns as vice president for public policy at Time Warner to create Linda Bloss-Baum Creative Strategies … Kai Dhaliwal promoted to senior vice president, business and legal affairs, for Fox Sports Media Group … Entravision Communications appoints Javier Ortiz, ex-Cox, to vice president of integrated marketing solutions …Donald Dinella, ex-Alcatel Lucent, joins InterDigital as chief licensing officer … Univision Communications promotes David Beck to senior vice president-social media.
National Religious Broadcasters CEO Frank Wright said he will resign, effective Oct. 4 … New Broadband Forum board members: Lowell Lamb, Broadcom; Manuel Paul, Deutsche Telekom; and Les Brown, Huawei … Jim Ousley, CEO of CenturyLink-owned Savvis, will retire, effective April 1 … WE tv names Mark Neschis, ex-Wenner Media, senior vice president-public relations.
FCC Chief Counsel and Senior Legal Adviser Sherrese Smith, last of original team of legal aides to Chairman Julius Genachowski, leaving agency, no plans disclosed … Clear Channel Outdoor hires Jason King, ex-Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, as vice president-corporate communications, effective April 8 … Scripps Networks Interactive hires Márcio Fonseca, ex-Fox Latin American Channels, as managing director-Latin America … Named to board of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS after their proposed combination: Timotheus Hottges, T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom, as chairman, and among directors, Michael Barnes, MetroPCS board, Srikant Datar, Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business Administration, Lawrence Guffey, of Blackstone and a DT director, and of DT Raphael Kubler, Thorsten Langheim and Rene Obermann, and John Legere, T-Mobile, and James Perry, MetroPCS director.