Rick Green has been named editor at the Des Moines Register. He had been editor at the Desert Sun.

John Roberts has been named senior national correspondent at Fox News. He had been anchor at American Morning.

Mike Isaac has been named reporter at WIRED.com. He had been reporter at Forbes.

Jim Armstrong has been named reporter at WBZ in Boston. He had been special assignment reporter at Fox 25.

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It’s a return of sorts for Pietz, who joined CNN from CNBC in 2006. In her new role, Pietz will work from the CNBC campus in Englewood Cliffs, NJ where NBCU’s TV distribution group is based.

The CNN morning program is undergoing other changes. TVNewser reported earlier this month that the show’s co-anchor John Roberts will be moving to CNN HQ in Atlanta and that executive producer Jamie Kraft is leaving CNN to become senior broadcast producer for NBC Nightly News. Pietz’s last day at CNN is Wednesday, she’ll join NBC on January 10.

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Roxana Tiron has been named defense reporter at Bloomberg Government. She had been defense reporter at The Hill.

Robin Givhan has been named style and culture correspondent at The Newsweek Daily Beast Company. She had been fashion editor at The Washington Post.

Matthew Inman has been named editor at Hyperion. He had been associate editor at Harper.

Sara D. Anderson has been named deputy editor at Townsquare Media. She had been editor-in-chief at AOL Radio Blog.

John Roberts has been named correspondent at CNN Atlanta. He had been anchor at American Morning.

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Steve Schmidt has joined Edelman as Vice Chairman, Public Affairs, the agency said today. Schmidt was most recently a partner at Mercury Public Affairs, leading the firm’s operations in California.

He was also a key source for the best-selling book Game Change, which revealed behind the scenes information in regards to the 2008 U.S. presidential election. The above video is from Schmidt’s January 10th, 2010 appearance on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” where he spoke about the McCain presidential campaign, and their decision to add Sarah Palin to the ticket.

Schmidt served as senior advisor to John McCain‘s 2008 presidential campaign; campaign manager for the 2006 re-election of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger; and was deputy assistant to the President and Counsellor to the Vice President in the White House, where he played leading roles on the confirmation teams for the nominations of both Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. In addition, he was a member of the senior strategic planning group that directed Former President Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign.

Edelman says their U.S. Public Affairs practice has revenues of $60 million with a team of 170 serving clients including API, Business Roundtable, Monsanto, Oregon Bridge Delivery Partners, and Pfizer.

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