Fates & Fortunes

Cable TV

At Cox Communications: Randy Kinsey , senior engineer, Las Vegas, upped to director, IP engineering; Jacqui Vines , VP/general manager, Baton Rouge, La., promoted to VP/region manager, Greater Louisiana; in Atlanta: Beth Denning , director, field marketing, promoted to executive

director, marketing operations; Jeff Abney , field marketing director, tapped as executive director, marketing operations; Bruce McLeod , manager, voice system development, integration, and test engineering, named director, VoIP development and testing.

Programming

In marketing at Warner Brothers Domestic Cable Distribution, Burbank, Calif.: Linda Abrams , VP, promoted to senior VP; Maury Leitner , director, to VP.

Kathy Davidov , executive producer, TLC, Discovery, Silver Spring, Md., joins National Geographic Television & Film, Washington, as VP, series.

Jeremy Steinberg , director, digital media sales, Fox News Channel, New York, named VP, digital media.

At E! Networks, Los Angeles: Jeff Mayzurk , VP, technology, upped to senior VP; Frank Albano , executive director, operational planning, named VP, operations.

Jessica Samet , senior VP, original programming and series development, MTV, named senior VP, reality programming, Lifetime Television, Los Angeles.

At G4: John Rieber , senior VP, original programming, E! Entertainment Television, Los Angeles, tapped as senior VP, production; Scott Bantle , senior VP/creative director, DirecTV, joins as senior VP, creative services; Julie Fields , VP, creative services, Los Angeles, named VP, marketing.

At VH1: Jim Ackerman , VP, development, production and programming, promoted to senior VP, development and production, New York; Maggie Malina , senior VP, original movies, MTV, joins as senior VP, films and scripted series, Santa Monica, Calif.; Jeff Olde , executive consultant, VH1, named senior VP, production and programming, Santa Monica; Brad Abramson , executive producer, production and programming, VH1, promoted to VP; Alex Demyanenko , head of development, Rocket Science Laboratories, West Hollywood, Calif., joins as VP, development, Santa Monica; Matt Hanna , director, development, promoted to VP; Jill Modabber , director, current programming, upped to VP, series production.

Journalism

At CNN, New York: J.C. Watts Jr. , former U.S. Representative/chairman, J.C. Watts companies, joins as regular contributor.

Dr. Sapna Parikh , medical reporter, CBS 2 News This Morning , WCBS New York, joins Fox5 News, WNYW New York, in the same capacity.

Lyne Pitts , senior broadcast producer, CBS Evening News , CBS News, named executive producer, Today, Weekend Edition , NBC News, New York.

At Nancy Grace , Headline News, New York: Dean Sicoli , supervising producer/managing editor, promoted to executive producer; Elizabeth Yuskaitis , senior producer, promoted to supervising producer.

Anthony Everett , co-anchor, NewsCenter 5 at 5 and 5:30 p.m., named co-anchor, Chronicle , WCVB Boston.

Jay Gilmore , weekend sports anchor, WHNT Huntsville, Ala., joins WPTV West Palm Beach, Fla., as weeknight sports anchor.

Advertising/Marketing/PR

Jeff Pryor , founder, Priority Public Relations, Los Angeles, named to the new post of executive VP, corporate communications, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., Los Angeles.

John Hunter , senior VP, customer services, QVC, West Chester, Pa., named senior VP, distribution.

At NBC Entertainment: Promoted to VP, corporate communications and media relations: Liz Fischer , director; and Hilary Smith , director; Courtney Davis , publicist, upped to manager, executive projects; Chris Steib , specialist, promoted to manager, executive communications; Julie Rothman , director, public relations, CNBC, named director, publicity; Victoria Brody , junior publicist, named press manager; Kelley Colello , senior publicist, Access Hollywood /TV One Access , becomes senior press manager, Burbank, Calif.; Sharon Merle-Lieberman , director, strategic partnerships, The NBC Agency, named senior director, marketing.

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