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CHARTER
Danny Bowman
has joined Charter Communications in Stamford, Conn., in the new post of chief mobile officer. He comes from LeEco North America, where he had served as chief revenue officer.

FMNA
FremantleMedia North America has named Rick Glankler to the newly created post of president, commercial operations, based in Burbank, Calif. He was president and GM of the Kids & Family Entertainment division.

EPIX
Rachel Brill
has joined premium network Epix as senior vice president and head of programming. A former unscripted content executive at TNT and TBS, she most recently developed the docuseries RITUAL with ACE Media/NFLPA.

SIMULMEDIA
Laurie Girion
has joined Propagate Content in Los Angeles as executive vice president of nonscripted content. The longtime showrunner has created and produced such shows as Lifetime’s Cheerleader Nation and AMC’s Showville.

ESPN
James Pitaro
was named president of ESPN and co-chair of Disney Media Networks by parent The Walt Disney Co. The executive had served as chairman of Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media since 2016.

TRUTV
Joe Haddari
has joined truTV as senior vice president, marketing and strategy. He was senior VP, managing director at Horizon Media, responsible for developing overall brand strategy and target development for a range of entertainment clients.