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| Matthew Harrison |
August, which launched in October, hires Matthew Harrison as managing director based in the firm’s New York office. Harrison joins August from FTI Consulting, where he was senior director in its strategic communications segment. He previously served as director of consulting at Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors, a commercial litigation firm. At August, Harrison will help lead client engagements with a focus on litigation support and crisis situations. “He is an outstanding client-focused professional whose passion and expertise will greatly contribute to our culture and capabilities,” said August chief executive officer Steven Goldberg.
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| Beth Feldman |
Nexstar Media names Beth Feldman executive director of communications for the company’s networks division, effective April 4. Feldman joins the company from Beyond PR Group, where as a partner she developed and executed digital media activation campaigns for such television programs as “The Talk,” “Survivor” and “The Good Wife.” She was previously vice president for the CBS Communications Group. In her new post, Feldman will oversee internal and external communications for Nexstar’s cable news network, NewsNation; its nationally distributed diginets, Antenna TV and Rewind TV; and WGN Radio in Chicago. “She is an industry insider, has well-established relationships with important media outlets and has conducted many successful promotional and awareness campaigns for a broad array of news, talk, and entertainment programming,” said Nexstar Media networks division president Sean Compton.
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| Brent Rossi |
The Cleveland Browns hire Brent Rossi as senior vice president of marketing and media. Rossi comes to the team from the American Hockey League’s Bridgeport Islanders, where he was president of business operations. He also managed fan engagement for the New York Islanders, the Bridgeport club’s parent team. Before that, he was executive vp of marketing and business strategy at Pegula Sports and Entertainment. In his new post, Rossi will oversee the Browns’ marketing; events; digital, video and radio content; website and social media; community relations; and creative services departments. "Brent has tremendous marketing and fan engagement experience within the NFL and across the sports and entertainment industry," said Haslam Sports Group (which owns the Browns) executive vp and COO Dave Jenkins.
Tim Turpin, who led the venture capital and emerging technologies practices at Sparkpr during a more than 16-year run, has joined CodePR, a boutique shop focused on the VC arena.
Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery’s still-unnamed new sports joint venture has recruited SiriusXM SVP of communications Jessica Casano-Antonellis to head up its communications... State Street Corporation names Elizabeth Lynn EVP and global head of investor relations... Tailwind Nutrition, a sports nutrition specialist, hires Kristen Flemington as VP of marketing. 
Casey Hernandez, who rose to the senior VP for global corporate communications post at Herbalife, has joined Seven Letter strategic communications shop in its DC office.
James Byrne, a former New York Police Department detective who led the executive communications team for commissioner Edward Caban, will join the Secret Service on May 20.
Signal Group promotes Julian Graham to director and Vinny Sheu to director of creative content... Bevel appoints Libbie Wilcox as director of its New York office and lead of its alternative asset practice... Feldman Strategies names Chloe Barr communications manager. She was at Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis.
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