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Baker Botts hires as partners from Taylor & Patchen Cheryl Cauley, intellectual property litigation, and Jonathan Patchen, technology litigation ... Neal Gerber names Timothy Nitsch, ex-Freeborn & Peters, partner-intellectual property, with expertise including cellular and telecom plus cellular charging ... Booz Allen taps Jerry Bessette, ex-Ankura Consulting, as senior vice president-commercial cyber incident response team.

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CBS and Viacom announce, effective upon closing of ViacomCBS (see 1908130039), Jim Gianopulos remains chairman-CEO, Paramount Pictures, overseeing filmed entertainment; Chris McCarthy becomes president-entertainment and youth brands, ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks, adding Comedy Central, Paramount Network, Smithsonian Channel and TV Land brands and respective content; Chief Creative Officer-CBS and Chairman-CEO, Showtime Networks David Nevins adds oversight of CBS’ interest in The CW and oversees BET, where Scott Mills continues as president; Nickelodeon President Brian Robbins adds oversight of Awesomeness; Marc DeBevoise becomes chief digital officer, ViacomCBS, and president-CEO, CBS Interactive; Phil Wiser moves to chief technology officer for combined company; Viacom Digital Studios President Kelly Day and Pluto TV CEO Tom Ryan retain posts; and Kent Alterman and Sarah Levy leave respective positions as Comedy Central, Paramount Network and TV Land president and Viacom Media Networks chief operating officer.

Gary Ehrlich, from Live Nation, returns to Fox as president-general manager, Fox Studio Lot ... Entravision advances Jose Mateo to vice president-audio network sales and hires Erika Marrero, ex-Spanish Broadcasting System, for same title ... Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) names Scott Temple, INdigital, to State 9-1-1 Committee, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Walter Bawol, term expires Dec. 31 ... CTIA adds Brian Spurgeon, Chat Mobility, to board, effective Jan. 1 ... IBM elects Thomas Buberl, AXA, to board, effective April 28.