More than two months after the departure of Gary Forsee as its president and CEO, Reston-based Sprint Nextel late last month found a replacement in wireless industry veteran Daniel Hesse, most recently the chairman, president and CEO of Embarq. He succeeded Paul Saleh, the company's CFO, who served as interim CEO for two months. Hesse had been chairman and CEO since Embarq's inception in 2006, and previously served as the CEO of Sprint's Local Telecommunications Division. Earlier in his career, he spent 23 years at AT&T, serving as the president and CEO of AT&T Wireless Services from 1997-2000.

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Over the holiday period, publisher Midway Games confirmed that after three years of service Kenneth D. Cron has resigned from the Board of Directors. Shari E. Redstone, daughter of Sumner Redstone (the company's largest shareholder) will be taking over as Chair of the Board.

Christopher J. Cookson has been named President of Sony Pictures Technologies, it was announced today by Michael Lynton, CEO and Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman.