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Kevan Boner
is the new senior vice president and chief financial officer of NBC
Universal Television Distribution, responsible for overseeing all
finance activities for the domestic and international television
distribution divisions.
There is
no stopping Paris Hilton—not
even protests from the Parents Television Council. The racy Carl’s
Jr./Hardee’s ad that features the hotel heiress sudsing up a Bentley
while clad in a revealing black swimsuit has met protest from the
council. But the fast food chain is now taking the
ad to the Midwest and Southeast markets.

What does a former head of state do
after his tenure is over? Maybe get a radio talk show. That’s what
Bill Clinton is
reportedly considering. The former president may launch his own radio show, the New York Post
reports. A family friend told the paper the ex-president has
discussed the possibility with Clear Channel, though the company
declined to comment.

Former Seattle Post-Intelligencer
publisher J.D. Alexander
died Tuesday of pulmonary hypertension. He was 66. He got his start
as a reporter at The Winston-Salem Journal in North Carolina. In
1967, he joined The Washington Post and later rose to
assistant national editor. He also served as managing editor at the
San Diego Union before joining the P-I in 1986 as executive editor.
Alexander was publisher from 1993 to
2000.
In a moment tinged with irony, Rupert Murdoch read
last rites in a mock ceremony marking the Reuters Group’s departure from
Fleet Street in London. Reuters is the last news organization to
close up its headquarters at the famed street that was once the
epicenter of British print journalism. Murdoch, who read a hymn from
Ecclesiasticus 44:1-15, is often blamed for that exodus.

Robert Horne
has been named director of Cheil Communications America’s 3i
Strategic Planning and Insights Group, responsible for overseeing
new business and managing the agency’s account processes. He
comes to CCA from Powderhorn Partners, a marketing consultancy he
founded. Horne was also previously executive vice president and
strategic integration director for Bates Advertising, Fitch Branding
& Design, 141 Worldwide and Healthworld. |

Former Georgetown men’s basketball
head coach Craig Esherick
has been named vice president of athletic relations at CSTV
Networks, responsible for connecting the network with the college
sports community. While at Georgetown, he participated in 20 NCAA
Division I tournaments. He was the head coach for men’s basketball
from 1999 through 2004, ranking third among the school’s all-time
basketball coach in victories with 103 wins.
Gen.
Wesley Clark has joined
the ranks at Fox News Channel as a military and foreign affairs
analyst. The former NATO Supreme Allied Commander was previously a
CNN contributor. In 2004, he ran as a Democratic presidential
candidate but ended his bid after the Tennessee and Virginia
primaries.

Kristy Buescher
has been tapped to fill the newly created post of corporate
newsstand director at CurtCo Media. She will oversee national
distribution for all CurtCo titles, including Robb Report, Worth and
Show Boats International. Buescher was vice president of operations
at International Periodical Distributors where she had worked for
more than 10 years.
Justin Smith
has risen from general manager to president of The Week
magazine, a Dennis Publishing title. He had been at his old post
since the magazine launched in 2001. Smith was at The Economist
Group for a couple of years before joining The Week.
William Nabers
is out as Fortune’s top photo editor after 14 years at the
magazine, according to Photo District News.
He was promoted to that post last July, replacing
Michele McNally, who
became director of photography at The New York Times. No replacement has been
hired yet. Nabers was previously picture editor for Meredith and
Hachette Filipacchi.

Retired
FBI agent W. Mark Felt
has signed a deal with Universal Pictures and Playtone’s
Tom Hanks and
Gary Goetzman for
a movie about Deep Throat. Felt recently came out as the anonymous
source who helped Washington Post reporters
Bob Woodward and
Carl Bernstein break the Watergate scandal.
Michael H. Klein
has risen to president of LFP Internet Group and Hustler TV
parent company LFP Broadcasting. The two divisions recently
combined.
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