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Craig Schirmer, a former Obama campaign strategist, has been working for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Arthur Sulzberger Jr., The New York Times’s publisher, denied that a disparity in Jill Abramson’s pay compared with predecessors figured in her being replaced.

Lila Tretikov has a background in large-scale Internet projects and was the chief product officer at SugarCRM, a software company.

With hundreds of new shows, specials and returning series, Discovery Communications needed more than two hours of star-stuffed spectacle to showcase next season’s lineup to advertisers.

Dot, a joint venture between Big Machine and Republic Records, a division of the Universal Music Group, will be led by Chris Stacey, formerly of Warner Music Nashville.

Vanessa Friedman, the fashion editor of The Financial Times, will lead global fashion coverage on all publishing platforms.

Mr. Griffin, who was ousted as chief executive of Time Inc. in 2011, will become the new head of Tribune Publishing in mid-April.

Nina Tassler, who introduced a string of successful comedies, was named chairman of CBS Entertainment, with a contract through 2017.

Mr. Keller, an Op-Ed columnist who was executive editor of The Times from 2003 to 2011, will be editor in chief of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit journalism start-up focused on the criminal justice system.

Lis Smith, a young political operative, seemed to be an obvious choice for a post in City Hall — until the news media learned about her relationship with Eliot Spitzer.