Fates & Fortunes

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At Comcast: Bret Perkins, director, government affairs, Philadelphia , promoted to VP; Adrienne Byrd, of counsel, Cole, Raywid & Braverman LLP, Washington, joins Comcast Cable as senior counsel, cable law department; Rick Lang, VP, sales and marketing, Northwest region, Seattle, named regional VP, sales and marketing, Northern California cable systems, San Ramon, Calif.

At Cox: Janet Barnard, VP/regional manager, Omaha, Neb., named VP/regional manager, Cox Middle America, Tyler, Texas; Percy Kirk VP/regional manager, Phoenix, named VP/regional manager, Omaha.

Lois Curren, executive VP, series and movie development, MTV, Los Angeles, promoted to executive VP, series entertainment, MTV, Los Angeles.

Lehel Reeves, sales manager, Northeast region, New Line Television, Boston, promoted to VP, East Coast region, Boston.

Nathalie Lubensky, consultant, U.S. Fund for UNICEF, New York, joins ABC Cable Networks Group, Burbank, Calif., as VP, affiliate marketing.

Ada Goldberg-Brown, senior consultant/counsel, The Law Offices of Ada Goldberg-Brown, Los Angeles, named VP, business affairs, UPN, Los Angeles.

Brian Murray, manager, on-air media planning, The WB 100+ Station Group, Burbank, promoted to director.

At Concrete Pictures, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.: Andy Hann, creative director, V12 Studios, Los Angeles, joins as director, creative services; Wade Echer, producer, TAG, Los Angeles, named producer, Moov HD network division; Lauri Jones, freelance designer/creative director, Fox Kids and ABC, Los Angeles, joins as designer.

At Trio: Jason Klarman, VP, marketing upped to senior VP; David Serwatka, independent producer, appointed director, original programming; Elma Cremin, programming consultant, Metro TV, New York, named director, acquisitions.

Cheryl Fiandaca, legal correspondent, WABC-TV New York, joins WCBS-TV New York as investigative reporter.

Vera Jimenez, traffic reporter, KABC-TV Los Angeles, joins KCBS-TV Los Angeles as morning traffic reporter.

Jamie Smith, lead 11 p.m. news reporter/back-up anchor, WICU-TV Erie, Pa., joins KYW-TV Philadelphia as general assignment reporter.

Patricia Lopez, reporter, KOKI-TV, Tulsa, Okla., joins KCNC-TV Denver as a reporter.

Deborah Bowden, weekend morning anchor/reporter, WTVT(TV) Tampa, Fla., promoted to weekend evening anchor.

Rene Knott, lead sportscaster, WJLA-TV Washington, named sports director, KSDK(TV) St. Louis.

David Parrish, supervising producer, 9 p.m. news, WGN-TV Chicago, named supervising producer, 4 p.m. news, WBBM-TV Chicago.

Mike Stone, morning and noon weathercaster, WKYC-TV Cleveland, joins WEWS(TV) Cleveland as weekend weather anchor and reporter.

Mike Cairns, sports reporter/fill-in anchor, WKYC-TV Cleveland, promoted to weekend sports anchor.

At WTVQ-TV, Lexington, Ky.: Candice Hunter, weekend anchor, promoted to primary anchor; Carla Wade, weekend anchor, KSWO-TV Lawton, Okla., joins as reporter.

Christien Kafton, reporter, KPHO-TV Phoenix, joins KNTV(TV) San Jose, Calif., as reporter.