News of Note—Charter, SoftBank, Time Warner and more

> Charter Communications has hired Vikram Nangia as senior VP of credit and collections. Release

> Japan’s SoftBank Group is looking at acquiring Dish Network as a potential partner for its struggling U.S. wireless asset, Sprint. Nikkei story 

> Time Warner saw its second-quarter revenues climb 5% to $7.3 billion thanks in part to increases at HBO and Turner. FierceBroadcasting story

> Akamai and Limelight, two of the largest content delivery network players, found that web traffic on their platforms varied during the second quarter due to market fluctuations and usage patterns among their largest media company customers. FierceOnlineVideo story