MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
Dillon McDonald was named CEO of Hachette Filipacchi Media’s Jumpstart Automotive Group, from chief operating officer. He replaces Steve Wilhite, who will remain an advisor and a member of Jumpstart’s board of directors.
Forbes named Richard Nalley as editor of ForbesLife, its bimonthly lifestyle magazine, from senior editor, replacing Gary Walther...Mike Steele was named editor of Wenner Media’s Us Weekly. Formerly executive editor, Steele had served as interim editor since predecessor Janice Min resigned in July...Nancie Clare was named editor of LA, Los Angeles Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times’ monthly Sunday magazine. She previously served as deputy editor...Playboy Enterprises Inc. named Alex Vaickus to the newly created position of president, from executive vp...Joe Lagani has jumped from Glam Media, where he was a vp, to become senior vp, ad sales at iVillage, starting Oct. 1. Lagani joined Glam in October 2007; prior to that, he was publisher of Condé Nast's now-defunct House & Garden...Anne Fulenwider was named executive editor of Hearst Magazine’s Marie Claire. She previously was senior articles editor at Condé Nast’s Vanity Fair...Hearst Magazines named Mark Weinberg as its vp, programming and product strategy in its Digital Media Group, a new position. He previously was editor in chief of Travelzoo.com...Hachette Filipacchi Media promoted Larry Little, vp, publisher of Cycle World, to senior vp, chief brand officer of the Cycle World group. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia tapped digital sales vet Janet Balis as executive vp of sales and marketing, overseeing publishing, broadcast and digital ad sales and marketing...Balis fills the role recently vacated by Jacki Kelley, who left in April to be North American president of Universal McCann. Balis spent eight years at Time Warner, where she served in digital sales roles at AOL and the company’s magazine Web sites. Most recently, she was at Digital Media Strategies, a company she founded in January 2008...Andrew Hersam, former publisher of Rodale’s Runner’s World, was named executive vp of media for Competitor Group, a sports media and events company. He most recently was executive vp and chief revenue officer of Westwood One...Wenner Media's upped Matt Mastrangelo to publisher of Men’s Journal from associate publisher, replacing Fran Farrell, who left the company...Jamie Engel was named national sales director for Bonnier Corp.’s Parenting Group comprising Parenting and Babytalk. Engel most recently was ad director for Condé Nast’s The New Yorker...Bill McGarry was named online ad director of Men's Health and Women's Health, from The Atlantic, where he was national digital sales director. He replaces Mike Owen...Metrocorp's Boston magazine named Andrew Putz and Paul Reulbach as editor and publisher, respectively. Putz comes from Minnesota Monthly, where he was editor. Reulbach, a past publisher of Boston magazine, most recently was general manager and vp of the Pohly Co.'s media sales & consulting group...Lisa Ryan Howard has moved over to the Fairchild Fashion Group, Condé Nast’s business-to-business unit, as senior vp, chief revenue officer. She previously was vp, multimedia at the Condé Nast Media Group...Reader's Digest Association named Amy Radin as senior vp, chief marketing officer, from executive vp and global direct banking head at Citigroup...Modern Luxury Media's The Atlantan named Patti Pruett as publisher, from Conde Nast's Vanity Fair, where she was Southeast ad director...Almar Latour was named editor in chief for The Wall Street Journal’s print edition in Asia, from staff reporter...Brendan Ripp was promoted to vp, advertising sales at Time magazine, overseeing national ad sales, from eastern ad director...Emil Wilbekin was named managing editor of Essence.com, filling a position that has been vacant. Wilbekin had been editor of Giant magazine...Felice Kaplan was named managing editor of Condé Nast's Allure, from American Express Publishing's now-folded Travel + Leisure Golf...Mark Smelzer was named publisher of the Advocate, from publisher of jewelry trade publisher JCK Publishing Group...Laura Sequenzia was named publisher of Condé Nast’s Golf World from associate publisher. She succeeds Tom Nolan, who is leaving the company to become senior vp at Polo Ralph Lauren Golf and Tennis...Scott Havens was named to the new position of vp, digital strategy and operations at The Atlantic. He previously was executive director for Condé Nast’s Portfolio.com...Ethne Clarke, formerly garden editor of Meredith’s Traditional Home, was named editor of Rodale’s Organic Gardening. She succeeds Scott Meyer, who left the company...Rodale announced that Bill Stump was named vp, Prevention Digital, from vp, brand editor of the online sites of Men’s Health and Women’s Health...David Hunke was named president and publisher of Gannett Co. flagship USA Today, succeeding Craig Moon, who retired April 17. Hunke was CEO of Detroit Media Partnership, which handles the business functions of the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News; and publisher of the Detroit Free Press. At the same time, Hunke promoted John Hillkirk as editor from executive editor, replacing Ken Paulson, who retired in February...Elle Decor announced that Michael Boodro, most recently editor in chief of Martha Stewart Living, returned to the magazine as executive editor, replacing Mitchell Owens, who moves to the post of editor at large...Mike Federle, ex-group publisher of Time Inc.’s former Business & Finance Network, was named group publisher of the Bonnier Mountain Group, which comprises Ski, Skiing, SkiNet.com and Warren Miller Films. He succeeded Jamie Pentz, who left the company in February...Jeff Wellington, who was vp, publisher of Reader’s Digest magazine until May 2008, has landed at Meredith Corp. as publisher of ReadyMade, its shelter lifestyle title...Jonathan Dorn, editor of Boulder, Colo.-based Active Interest Media’s Backpacker magazine, was named editorial director of AIM’s Western Outdoor Living Group. In his new role, he will add oversight for Yellowstone Journal, American Cowboy and SNEWS, a news and information service for the outdoor and fitness industries...John Sheehy was named president and publisher and Claude Girard as executive director of travel at Afar, a forthcoming travel magazine set to launch in September 2009 with a rate base of 50,000 and frequency of six times a year...Hachette Filipacchi Media promoted Steve Wilhite to president and CEO of its wholly owned subsidiary Jumpstart Automotive Media from president. Wilhite succeeds former CEO and founder Mitch Lowe, who will remain on the board. Separately, Eddie Alterman was hired as vp, editor of Hachette’s Car and Driver from Wenner Media’s Men’s Journal, where he was a contributing editor...Bauer Publishing promoted Sebastian Raatz to vp, new media, from director, new media. Raatz will report to Bauer president, CEO Hubert Boehle and focus on coming up with new revenue streams at Bauer’s teen-targeted online sites. National Geographic Magazine Group named Andrée C. de la Garza as group marketing director for Nat Geo Adventure and Nat Geo Traveler magazines, from marketing director for Adventure...Andrew Seibert was named president of SmartMoney, a newly created position, in addition to his current duties as vp, publisher, SmartMoney’s custom publishing arm...Amy Chernoff was promoted to senior vp, group publisher, for Publishing Group of America’s three newspaper-distributed supplements: American Profile, Relish and Spry. She previously was vp, publisher of American Profile and director of corporate sales...Brant Publications appointed new publishers for all its publications following the departure of Alan Katz as group publisher and elimination of that position. Samantha Fennell was named publisher of Interview, Jennifer Norton was promoted to publisher of The Magazine Antiques, from ad director; and Cynthia Zabel was promoted to publisher of Art in America, from ad director...Duncan Edwards was named president, CEO of Hearst Magazines International, succeeding George Green, who will retire in June. Edwards also will be executive vp of Hearst Magazines and vice chairman of The National Magazine Company in the U.K., a Hearst subsidiary, where he had been CEO...CurtCo Publishing named Jill Bokor as publisher of Art & Antiques magazine. A former editor and publisher of Art + Auction magazine, she most recently was managing partner at Sanford Smith Fine Art in Great Barrington, Mass...People’s Jess Cagle was named managing editor of Entertainment Weekly, replacing Rick Tetzeli, who was named editor-at-large for Time Inc. Cagle previously served as executive editor of sibling pub People...Adi Ignatius stepped down as deputy managing editor of Time magazine to become editor in chief of Harvard Business Review...Susan Allyn was named vp, consumer acquisition, Hearst Magazines, where she'll head a newly created unit in consumer marketing. She previously was vp, circulation marketing director at TV Guide...Shanel Odum, a former editor at Vibe magazine, was hired as editor in chief of Sahara Media Holdings’ Honey magazine. She held various positions at Vibe from 2005 to 2008, including associate music editor and entertainment and online editor of since-folded, female-aimed spinoff Vibe Vixen...John Owens, senior vp, group editorial director, Hachette Filipacchi Media, will be acting editor in chief of Hachette’s Car and Driver, replacing Csaba Csere, who is leaving the company at the end of 2008...Metro International named Tony Metcalf as editor in chief for its Boston, Philadelphia and New York editions. He previously was owner and editorial director of 7 Days, a free daily in Dubai; and before that, global editor in chief for Metro International...Sarah Humphreys returned to Time Inc.’s Real Simple as executive editor, after serving as its contributing editor. She had been editor of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's Blueprint until it folded earlier this year...Andrew Langhoff, CEO of Dow Jones’ local media group Ottaway, was named publisher of the company’s Wall Street Journal Europe and managing director of Dow Jones Consumer Media Group in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. His duties will include developing local sections on WSJ.com and running the consumer business in South America. Patrick Purcell was named to replace Langhoff at Ottaway while continuing as owner and publisher of the Boston Herald...Nick Friedman was promoted to editor in chief of Scholastic Parent and Child, from senior editor. He succeeds Stephanie Izarek, who left the magazine...Penn Jones was named publisher of LA, The Los Angeles Times' monthly glossy magazine...Lindsay King-Jacaman was named publisher of Modern Luxury Media's Modern Luxury Dallas, Dallas Interiors and Dallas Brides, from The Wall Street Journal. She replaces Terri Provencal, who is leaving the company...Lora Gier was named to the new position of vp, publisher, Taste of Home, from vp, integrated partnerships at the Reader’s Digest Association title...Discover magazine promoted Corey Powell to editor in chief from executive editor, filling a vacant position...Dave Watt was named publisher of Time Inc.’s Health and Health.com from vp, ad sales, Health.com, while Renee Tulenko shifted from vp, publisher of Health to vp, associate publisher of both entities...Tom Ott was named president of Smithsonian Enterprises, which publishes Smithsonian and Air & Space magazines. He had been the company’s acting CEO.The Atlantic hired away Wired’s executive editor Bob Cohn to fill the newly created position of editorial director at TheAtlantic.com.
CABLE TV
David Rotem has been named senior vp of sales for WGN America, effective immediately. In his new role, Rotem will oversee sales operations for the Tribune Broadcasting network, including all marketing and product integration strategies. Based in New York, he reports to Julio Marenghi, executive vp of sales and distribution. Most recently, Rotem served as principal of Escape Multimedia, where he consulted for a number of media sales organizations, including Redegg Partners and NESN. Previously, Rotem was senior vp/group leader multimedia sales for ESPN Media. Over the course of his 20-year career, Rotem also has held sales/marketing jobs at ABC and CBS.
Former Lifetime creative director Rob Jacobson has been named senior vp, marketing for Planet Green. In his new role, Jacobson oversees Planet Green’s marketing, branding and research strategy. He reports to president and general manager Laura Michalchyshyn. Since 2007, Jacobson had served from as senior vp, executive creative director, Lifetime. He elected to remain in New York when the network’s marketing and communications divisions relocated to Los Angeles earlier this year. Before that, Jacobson was the executive vp creative director of G-Whiz Entertainment (formerly Grey Entertainment). Jacobson began his career in 1989 at Ogilvy & Mather, where he rose to the position of senior vp creative director...National Cable Communications has promoted Ken Little to chief operating officer. In his new role, Little will the oversee NCC’s research, marketing, digital sales and e-business units. Little previously served as NCC’s executive vp, technology and operations. He joined the company in 1993...Greg Yavello has been elevated to vp, domestic distribution, Discovery Communications. In his new role, Yavello will oversee distribution of Discovery’s 13 domestic networks, plus Travel Channel and BBC America, throughout the eastern U.S. In addition, he will now drive strategy and negotiation for national accounts at the corporate level. A 10-year Discovery veteran, Yavello most recently served as regional director, eastern region, domestic distribution...Deborah Adler Myers has been elevated to general manager, Science Channel and executive vp, Discovery Emerging Networks. In her new role, Myers will oversee development, production, scheduling, research, marketing and communications for Science Channel. In addition, she will continue to oversee all programming and development for Investigation Discovery, Military Channel and HD Theater. Since joining the Emerging Networks group in March 2008 as senior vp of programming, Myers has launched more than 40 new series and specials, including 20 for Science Channel alone. A four-year Discovery vet, Myers previously served as senior vp of programming at TLC, where she launched the Little People, Big World...Paul Levine, former vp/general manager of local services at Yahoo, has been named president of new media, Current TV. In his new role, Levine will lead Current’s consumer-engagement and monetization initiatives for online, mobile and emerging platforms. He will also work to further advance Current's cross-platform strategy, developing content-specific channels in areas such as news, movies, music, comedy, games and the environment. Base in San Francisco, Levine assumes the role previously held by Joanna Drake Earl, who now serves as chief operating officer of Current. Most recently, Levine led product, marketing and customer operations for AdBrite, the online ad marketplace backed by Sequoia Capital. Prior to that, Levine launched and developed Yahoo Local...Steve Dolcemaschio has been promoted to chief operating officer, Comcast Entertainment Group, where he’ll oversee all finance and business operations for E!, The Style Network, G4 and FEARnet. Dolcemaschio previously served as the entertainment group’s executive vp of finance and business operations. In 2006, he oversaw the formation of the group and later led the consolidation efforts that moved G4 into CEG’s Los Angeles headquarters. Before joining E! in 2000, Dolcemaschio put in 16 years as chief operating officer/chief financial officer for BBDO West in Los Angeles and San Francisco...Seth Ladetsky, Ken Shapiro and Keller Withers have been promoted to vps of Turner Sports and Entertainment digital sales. Previously, the three execs had served as sales managers within the division. Based in New York, Ladetsky has been with Turner for 12 years. He began his career as a CNN sales assistant. Thirteen-year Turner vet Shapiro served as a sales manager at Cartoon Network before moving over to the sports unit. Withers joined Turner in 1994 as a marketing manager at Turner Network Sales in Atlanta. All three vps continue to report to Walker Jacobs, senior vp of Turner Sports and Entertainment digital...Sundance Channel has named former Fuse programmer Nicole De Fusco to the newly created position of vp, original programming and development. In her new role, De Fusco will oversee development of on-air original programming for Sundance, including series production and brand expansion strategies. De Fusco comes to Sundance from the MSG music network Fuse, where she’d served as director of development and original series. Before that, she was vp, original programming and development, Oxygen Media...Dan Ronayne has been named executive vp and general manager of MSG Networks. In his new role, Ronayne will be responsible for overseeing all day-to-day activities for MSG and MSG Plus, including: programming, marketing and advertising sales. Ronayne will report to Michael Bair, president of MSG Media. Prior to joining MSG Media, Ronayne served as executive vp and general manager of Rainbow Media’s VOD networks. He began his career with Rainbow Media in 1987...Ed Carroll has been promoted to COO of Rainbow Entertainment Services, where he oversees operations for the national cable networks AMC, IFC, WE tv and Sundance Channel. Since December 2004, Carroll has served as president of Rainbow’s networks division. He will continue to report to Josh Sapan, president and CEO of Rainbow Media Holdings. Carroll has held a number of positions at Rainbow, including executive vp and general manager of IFC (2002 to 2004), and general manager of Bravo (1997 to 2002). He joined Rainbow Media, then the parent company of Bravo Networks, in 1987...Melissa Rudman has been elevated to vp of scheduling, acquisitions and network operations, Fox Reality Channel. In her new role, Rudman will plan Fox Reality’s daily schedules, while negotiating domestic and international programming pickups. Rudman most recently served as director of scheduling, acquisitions and network operations. Prior to joining Fox Reality, she served as manager of current programming for GSN...Former Merrill Lynch vice chairman Gregg Seibert has been appointed to the newly created role of executive vp, Cablevision Systems Corporation. Effective later this month, Seibert will join Cablevision’s senior management team, working on the company’s overall corporate strategy as well as business development activities. In addition, Seibert will oversee Cablevision’s treasury and investor-relations functions. Seibert had spent the last two decades at Merrill Lynch, where he advised a host of top media companies, including News Corp., Liberty Media and Time Warner. He joined Merrill in 1989 as a managing director and head of the firm’s global media group...Robin Garfield was named to the newly-created role of senior vp, CNN Research. In her new position, Garfield will oversee the creation and delivery of market insights and performance analysis specific to CNN, Headline News, CNN.com and CNN Airport Network. Based in New York, she reports to Jack Wakshlag, chief research officer of Turner Broadcasting System. Garfield joins CNN from Scripps Networks, where she served as vp of sales research and strategy in support of HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living Network and Great American Country. Previously, she was vp of strategic operations and research for MSNBC...CNN political director Sam Feist has been named vp of the news network’s Washington-based programming. In his new role, Feist will oversee all programming based out of the D.C. bureau, including The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and political specials. In addition to his new responsibilities, Feist continues to serve as political director. He reports to bueau chief/senior vp David Bohrman. Feist previously managed the production of Inside Politics and Crossfire. He joined the network in 1991...The Dallas advertising agency Slingshot has named Jim O’Rourke vp of media & communication planning. O’Rourke replaces Gordon Law, who has left the company. Prior to joining Slingshot, O’Rourke was media director at McClain Finlon Advertising, where he led integrated media planning for all clients, including: Dell, State Farm and Qwest Communications...HBO has elevated Tom Woodbury to general counsel and executive vp, networks business affairs, where he’ll serve as the network’s chief legal officer. In addition to his new set of responsibilities, Woodbury will continue to carry out the duties implicit in his previous title, executive vp, business affairs and legal, sales and network operations. A 27-year HBO veteran, Woodbury reports directly to Bill Nelson, chairman and CEO...OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has tapped former Nike marketing chief Liz Dolan as CMO, effective Jan. 5. In her new role, Dolan will be charged with devising a brand identity for the network, which will launch in late 2009 or early 2010. She also will steer all on-air, print, radio and online marketing messaging. Dolan spent the better part of a decade at Nike, where she attained the role of corporate vp and director of global marketing. She left the company in 1997 to start a marketing consultancy business. In 2001, Dolan and her four sisters launched the talk-radio program, Satellite Sisters, where she served as an executive producer and co-host. She also managed all sponsorship sales and online content creation for the show, which was distributed by public radio and ABC Radio Networks...Cox Communications has named Leo Brennan chief operations officer, effective Jan. 1. In his new role, Brennan will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations at the cable company, which serves 6.2 million subscribers. The position, which was previously held by current Cox president Pat Esser, has been vacant since 2006. A 35-year cable vet, Brennan previously served as senior vp and general manager of the Cox’ Las Vegas system. Prior to that Brennan logged 15 years as general manager of the operator’s Orange County, Calif. system, overseeing the 1997 launch of the industry’s first triple-play bundle of video, high-speed Internet and telephone service.
LOCAL BROADCAST TV
Radio programmer Jon Zellner is returning to terrestrial radio as senior vp of programming for Clear Channel Radio, effective July 20. Zellner was most recently senior vp of music programming for Sirius XM. In his new position, Zellner wil work with CCR's program directors, reporting to Mark Kopelman, executive vp of operations for CCR.
Long-time Arbitron executive Jay Guyther has joined ROI Media Solutions, a full-service broadcast consulting firm, as partner. In his new position, Guyther will spearhead, on behalf of ROI's clients, the company's outreach to agencies and advertisers to help them plan and buy radio. Before joining ROI, Guyther held a number of sales and management positions, serving most recently as senior vp of ratings services and senior vp of global portable people meter marketing and business development...Former Nickelodeon president Herb Scannell has been elected to chair WYNC Radio’s board of trustees. Scannell is chairman and co-founder of the media company Next New Networks, which markets itself as “TV for the Internet.” Launched in fall 2006, NNN that produces, packages, brands and syndicates some of the Web’s most popular episodic video programming. (Last month, NNN won six Webby Awards for best online film/video.) Before leading NNN through two rounds of VC funding, Scannell was vice chairman of MTV Networks and president, Nickelodeon Networks. He joined MTV Networks in 1988 as director of programming, Nickelodeon. Scannell resigned from MTVN in January, 2006...Todd Asher was named chief operating officer of the NYC Media Group, the official network of the City of New York, which operates one broadcast TV channel, three DTV channels, four local cable TV channels, and a radio station. Asher most recently served as chief operating officer of The Core Club, a private membership organization based in New York City and also served as vp of North and South America broadcast operations for Bloomberg Television...As part of NBC Local Media's strategy to transform its local media properties, the division announced Thursday (May 14) it recruited Owen Thomas to serve as editorial director for the Bay Area. A 14-year veteran of online media, Thomas was most recently managing editor of Valleywag, Gawker Media's 24/7 online publication about technology and business. In his new position, Thomas will oversee the local digital efforts in the San Francisco area, including nbcbayarea.com, mobile applications and syndicated offerings. He will report to Susan Sullivan, vp of news for NBC Bay Area and Gregory Gittrich, vp of content and editor-in-chief of NBC Local Integrated Media...Michael O'Brien was named vp of sales for the TV division of The E. W. Scripps Co., responsible for the sales strategy across the company's 10 TV stations. Since 2003, he served as senior vp of regional sales for Petry Media Corp. in Philadelphia...Verteran TV station executive Dan Adams was named president and general manager of KFSN-TV, ABC Television's owned-and-operated station in Fresno, Calif. He was most recently vp and business manager of the KTRK-TV, the company's owned-and-operated station in Houston...D. Scott Karnedy was named chief sales officer for Premier Retail Networks. He comes to PRN from XM Satellite Radio, where he served as senior vp of sales and marketing solutions...Katz Media Group named Mike Krejci, Bill Klotz and Rob Ruhland to manage new Katz Advantage offices in Dallas, Detroit and Minneapolis. Krejci was named vp and manager in Detroit, from vp and director of Clear Channel Radio Sales. Klotz was named vp and manager of Network Advantage in Dallas, from senior account executive for Clear Channel Radio Sales. Ruhland has joined the Katz Advantage Minneapolis office as vp and manager, from Treasure Island Resort and Casino, where he served as director of marketing...Jerry Jones was named vp and general manager of KMID-TV, Nexstar Broadcasting Group's ABC affiliate serving the Midland-Odessa, Texas market. He was most recently vp and general manager of KSVI-TV and KHMT-TV, the company's ABC and Fox affiliates in Billings, Montana. Succeeding Jones in Billings is Sandra Zoldowski, who was promoted from general sales manager of the Billings duopoly...Jeff Kiernan was named vp and news director for WBBM-TV, CBS Television's owned-and-operated station in Chicago. Kiernan was most recently news director for WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV, CBS' duopoly in Boston...Ed Wilson, president of Tribune Broadcasting, took on additional responsibilities as chief revenue officer for the company's publishing, broadcasting and interactive revenue...Willie Garrett was named marketing director for KMTV, Journal Broadcast Group's CBS affiliate in Omaha, Neb., from marketing and promotions director for WGBA-TV and WACY-TV, the company's duopoly in Green Bay, Wisc...Marty Wilke was named vp and general manager of WGN-TV, Tribune’s CW affiliate in Chicago, the company announced Sept. 24. She has served as interim manager since late July when Tom Ehlmann exited to run KXAS-TV, NBC Universal’s owned-and-operated station in Dallas. In her first move as general manager, Wilke appointed Errol Gerber director of sales, a position Wilke held since 2002. Gerber was most recently local sales manager. Wilke also recently presided over WGN’s local news expansion, adding a 5:30 p.m. newscast and extending the station’s midday news to 90 minutes...Richard Kelley was named vp of sales for KNTV, NBC Universal’s owned-and-operated station in San Francisco. He comes to NBCU from Monster Worldwide, where he served as director of acquisition sales…Kelly Boan was promoted to news director for WHNS, Meredith Broadcasting’s Fox affiliate serving Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C. & Asheville, N.C.-Anderson, S.C. market, from assistant news director...Dennis Leonard has been named vp and general manager of KDVR-TV, Local TV's Fox affiliate in Denver, from vp and general manager of WBRC-TV, the company's Fox affiliate in Birmingham, Ala…The E. W. Scripps Co. made the following recent appointments for WEWS-TV, the company's ABC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. Victoria Regan was named vp and general manager of WEWS, from vp and general manager of WPBF, the ABC affiliate in West Palm Beach, Fla. managed by Hearst-Argyle Television. Jill Manuel was named news director. She was previously news director for CLTV, Tribune's local cable news channel in Chicago.
OUT-OF-HOME
As part of Clear Channel Outdoor's strategy to expand its international footprint, the company named BBDO Europe's William Eccleshare as president and CEO of CCO's International division, effective Sept. 2009. Most recently chairman and CEO of BBDO Europe, Eccleshare will be responsible for all of CCO's business outside the Americas. Like Paul Meyer, president and CEO of CCO's Americas division, Eccleshare will report to Mark Mays, CEO of Clear Channel Outdoor. Prior to BBDO, Eccleshare was chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam EMEA. He has also held executive roles at McKinsey & Co., Ammirati Puris Lintas, and J Walter Thomson. He is also a non executive director at Hays Plc. "As we continue efforts to expand our presence internationally, we are confident that William's extensive expertise and leadership will help us reach our goals," said Mays...Sean Flanagan has joined LevelVision, operators of out-of-home media company LevelVision as senior vp and chief revenue officer. He comes to LevelVision from Adspace Mall Networks, where he was responsible for tripling revenue. In his new position, he'll be responsible for building advertising across LevelVision: College video network in more than 300 college bookstores across the U.S...Jeffrey Lewis was named executive vp of digital advertising sales for NTN Buzztime. He joins the company from Ripple Networks, where he served as vp of sales...Kevin Davis has joined IdeaCast as vp of western region sales, based in Los Angeles. He was most recently director of West Coast ad sales for Ripple TV...Bennett Fogel has joined National CineMedia as senior vp of sales development and integrated marketing in New York. Fogel comes to NCM from Univision Communications, where he served as executive vp of sales and marketing…Peter Smith was named gm for Titan Worldwide’s public transit advertising in New Jersey. He was most recently group sales manager of national advertising for The New York Post…Janice Myers has joined i-am TV, a digital entertainment network in sports and neighborhood bars, as executive vp of sales, the company announced Tuesday (Aug. 19). In her new position, Myers is tasked with building and leading a national sales force for i-am TV's growing network of 1,500 screens in 400 sports and neighborhood bars in 16 of the nation's largest markets. More than 20 years in digital out-of-home media, Myers was most recently vp of regional sales for Screenvision…National CineMedia, operator of the largst digital in-theater advertising network, announced the promotion of three of its sales executives. Based in NCM's Chicago office, Pam Biederman will continue to lead sales for the central division and Midwest national sales team. Beth Hoff will handle east coast and national sales out of NCM's New York office. Lauren Leff will continue to lead the company's public relations and communications, based in NCM's headquarters in Centennial, Colo....IdeaCast announced the following promotions: Ryan Lutterbach was promoted to senior vp of operations, from vp of marketing. Adam Schoenberg and Tess Mallery were promoted from account dirrector to director of sales, eastern region and director of sales, midwest region, respectively…Kenneth Williams was named CEO for Health Club Panel Network. He was most recently president/CEO of Ascent Media Group, which provides media content services to film studios, media networks, and ad agencies…Dennis Quinn was named to the the newly created position of president of sales and marketing for Channel M. He joins from TBS, where he served as executive vp of business development…Brady Granier was named account director of Adspace Networks California office. Granier comes to Adspace from Clear Channel, where he was a senior account executive and marketing consultant for KIIS-FM and KYSR-FM in Los Angeles.
AGENCIES and RESEARCH
The following researchers were elected to the Advertising Research Foundation's board of directors for three-year terms: Paul Donato, executive vp and chief research officer, Nielsen; Ronald Franklin, president and executive producer, NsightsWorldwide, LLC; Gayle Fuguitt, vp, consumer insights, General Mills; Donna Goldfarb, vp of consumer and market insights, Unilever Americas; and Jim Thompson, worldwide president and CEO, Ipsos ASI.
James Kiernan has been elevated senior vp, group director, MediaVest USA. Kiernan was most recently vp, group director of digital media and innovation...Amanda Richman has been promoted to executive vp, managing director, MediaVest USA. Richman was installed as senior vp, director of digital services in 2008. She’ll report directly to Donna Speciale, who herself was recently elevated to the position of president, investment & activation, agency operations, MediaVest USA...Canoe Ventures has named Kathy Timko chief operating officer. Most recently, Timko served as chief operating officer of IDT’s carrier services unit, where she directed pricing, profit optimization, business metrics reporting and operations. During her 11-year stint at IDT, Timko also served as chief technology officer of the company’s telecom division and chief operating officer of the engineering and operations unit. She reports to David Verklin, CEO of Canoe Ventures...Scott Sorokin has been named to the new position of head of digital, global at Mindshare. Sorokin was most recently president of Aegis’ Carat and Carat Fusion...TargetCast tcm has named John Garment to the newly created position of vp, director of marketing. Garment joins the independent agency from DDB Worldwide, where he had served as director of global knowledge management. Prior to that, he was at Lowe & Partners, where he was senior vp, international client director, based in Tokyo...Affinity Research named John Bremer as chief research officer, a new position. Bremer was a vp at Harris Interactive...Tim Harris has rejoined Publicis’ Denuo in the role of senior vp, focusing on the development of new products and services at the agency he helped launch in 2006. Harris was most recently the head of the online entertainment/gaming company Seven Lights, which he co-founded in late 2006...Twenty-year marketing veteran Greg Johnson has been named president of the digital and direct response agency, Euro RSCG Edge. Based in Boston, Johnson will work closely with management across all six of the agency’s offices, including: Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, Salt Lake City and London. Johnson joins the agency from Euro RSCG client First Marblehead Corporation, where he served as executive vp, chief marketing officer. Previously, he was director of Arnold One at Arnold Worldwide, where he played an integral role in driving market share and revenue for brands such as Vonage, Royal Caribbean International and Fidelity Investments...Amy Ballis has been named senior vp, connections director at MediaVest. Ballis was most recently vp, general manager, Starcom Worldwide-Guangzhou, China...Jeanette Schaller was promoted to account manager, national radio service, for Arbitron, from client service representative...Former Nielsen executive Bruce Dennler has joined Canoe Ventures as senior vp and chief relationship officer, agency relations. Since September 2007, Dennler had served as president of Nielsen’s entertainment division. Prior to that, Dennler was president and COO of Palisades MediaGroup. Notably, Dennler put in 15 years at Carat, holding down a number of positions, including interim president of Carat USA and executive vp and director of planning for Carat North America. Other additions to Canoe’s senior management team are: Mark Mitchell, will comes aboard as senior vp and chief relationship officer, network relations; and John Collins, the new senior vp of product development. Mitchell spent the last five years with Premiere Retail Networks. Before that, he put in more than 10 years at ABC, holding several senior management positions, including: vp of sales for daytime, children’s and SoapNet, as well as vp of sports sales and vp of prime-time sales, Eastern Division. Collins comes from Time Warner Cable, where he had been group vp of advanced advertising technologies. He joined the company in 1996 as general manager of Time Warner Cable Direct...Dr. Raymond Pettit, has joined the Advertising Research Foundation as senior vp, research & standards, replacing Dr. William Cook, who is leaving on an extended sabbatical. Effective immediately, Dr. Pettit will assume all of Dr. Cook’s responsibilities, including support of the ARF Online Research Quality Council and research reviews, as well as managing and advancing ARF research standards. Dr. Pettit most recently served as a vp at MarketShare Partners...Michelle Lawrence has been named digital group media director at Horizon Interactive. Lawrence was most recently strategic cross media lead on the Pfizer’s account at Carat...Nick Beil has been named managing director of the VivaKi Nerve Center, the recently formed cross-agency digital team formed by the Publicis Groupe. Beil was most recently CEO of the search ad agency Performics, which Publicis recently acquired from Google. Also within VivaKi North American, Sean Kegelman, formerly vp/strategic planning at Digitas, has been installed as the group’s new senior vp/digital media partner development...GSD&M Idea City announced expanded responsibilities for Brian Wheelis, Betty Pat McCoy, Mary Honan and Carmen Graf. All four agency veterans will continue to drive the agency’s media department that uses innovative strategies to position clients’ relevant messages before their most-desired customers. Brian Wheelis has been named senior vp, managing director for Media and will serve as champion and representative of the media department. Carmen Graf has been named senior vp, group media director and director of consumer connections. Betty Pat McCoy will serve as senior vp, director of national buying and managing director of Idea City/Chicago and will oversee the agency’s national buying teams. Mary Honan is now senior vp, director of local buying and quality assurance and will oversee Idea City’s local buying teams…MediaVest USA promoted vps Yaakov Kimelfeld and Jennifer Stebner to senior vp, director, Digital Research & Analytics and senior vp, group client director, respectively…Matt McNerney has joined Ipsos as president of Ipsos loyalty in the U.S. He comes to Ipsos from TNS North America, where he served as president of client solutions….Rentrak Corp. announced the following appoinmtnets: Kristie Fortner was named vp of syndication. Fortner was most recently executive director of marketing and research for Ripe Digital Entertainment, and Gordon Jones was named director of business development for Rentrak's Essentials suite of business intelligence products. Jones was most recently vp of affiliate sales and business development for Expo Communications…TNS Healthcare announced the following senior appointments: Marty Silverman has joined TNS Healthcare as senior vp, practice leader and sales force effectiveness, from Esprit Pharma, where he served as vp of sales and marketing operations; Michael Smolens was named vp of brand research, from AstraZeneca, where he served as senior product manager. Porter Hibbitts was named vp of clients services and brand management. He comes to TNS from Caduceus Marketing Research.
DIGITAL
Former TMZ New York bureau chief Will Lee was named executive editor of Mail.com Media Corp.’s HollywoodLife.com, which is being relaunched under president, editor Bonnie Fuller.
Brian Mulford has been named executive vp, digital at Ignited. Mulford was most recently, chief information and product technology officer at Regulus LLC...Albert “Scooter” Vertino has been elevated to senior producer for Turner Sports and NBA Digital. In his new role, Vertino will oversee the day-to-day content creation, production, coordination and implementation for the newly created NBA Digital Content Group, which includes NBA TV, NBA.com, NBA League Pass, WNBA.com and NBADLeague.com. Based in Atlanta, Vertino will continue to produce TNT’s coverage of the NBA, as well as TBS’ MLB lineup. A 13-year Turner Sports veteran, Vertino received an Emmy Award for his work on Inside the NBA on TNT in 2001. He also won a statuette in recognition of his work for NBC’s 2000 Summer Olympics coverage. Vertino began his career as a production assistant for ESPN...Susanna Schrobsdorff has been named executive editor, iVillage Networks. Schrobsdorff spend the past four years as a staffer at Newsweek.com...Also at iVillage, Charlie Rogers has been installed as the site’s new managing editor while Elizabeth Zack will now serve as editor of iVillage's Family content. Rogers was previously editor in chief of several NBC Universal Web sites, including Petside.com, while Zack was most recently executive editor at Parents.com...Rahim Amlani has been named to the new position of vp of commercial initiatives at iVillage Networks. Amlani, who was most recently an independent consultant, and previously served as vp of product management at WeightWatchers.com...Martha Zamirski has been named to the newly created position of social media manager at Winstar Interactive Media. Zamirski was most recently marketing and managing director/producer at the Diverse City Theater in New York...Louis Gump has been named vp of mobile for CNN.com. Gump most recently held the same position for The Weather Channel Interactive...Jason Herskowitz has been named to the newly created position of vp, product management at Lime Wire. Herskowitz most recently held the same position at TotalMusic...Helen Jonsen joined Bonnier's Working Mother Media as director of digital media, from Forbes.com, where she was senior editor and executive producer of the Forbes.com Video Network...Afar Media named Daniel Orum as executive vp, managing director, digital operations for the online site of its forthcoming travel magazine, Afar. Orum most recently was president and CEO of International Data Group/Gamepro Media...Kara Nortman has been named senior vp of publishing at Citysearch. Nortman was most recently vp of mergers & acquisitions for IAC...Current Media has named Michael Streefland to the role of senior vp of marketing. Prior to joining Current, Streefland ran SCG, Inc., a new-media consulting practice advising clients on executive development, marketing and sales strategy. Before hanging out his own shingle, Streefland spearheaded the launch of Cyworld USA. He also served as the creative director for Johnson & Johnson’s BabyCenter portal and headed up strategic marketing and sales development efforts for iVillage...Samantha Fennell has been named executive director, sales at The Huffington Post. Fennell was most recently associate publisher of Elle...Geoff Schiller was named national sales director at Hearst Magazines Digital Media from eastern ad director for Time Inc.’s People and People.com...Lawrence Roberts has been named Executive Editor for The Huffington Post Investigative Fund, a non profit initiative launched in March with an initial budget of 1.75 million. Roberts was most recently the investigations editor at The Washington Post...Eric Andrade has been named to the newly created position of digital marketing director at Arnold Worldwide’s Washington D.C. Office. Andrade was most recently head pf business development and strategy for the entertainment marketing company Trailer Park, Inc...TouchTunes Corp., a digital out of home entertainment network in 38,000 bars, restaurants, and retail locations, names Charles Goldstruck as its new chief executive officer. Most recently president and chief operating officer of Bertelsman Music Group, Goldstruck replaces Bill Meder, chairman of the board, who was serving as the interim CEO. In his new position, Goldstruck will focus on expanding TouchTunes' network distribution, advertising capabilities, and marketing partnerships with the music industry, and taking the company public. "Charles is a proven business leader in the multi-channel, multi-product environment, encompassing the fully-integrated distribution of music, digital marketing and entertainment," said Meder. "He has a clear, forward-thinking strategy for the company that we are confident is going to take TouchTunes to the next level. Last August, TouchTunes acquired Barfly Interactive, adding Barfly's 150 TV screens featuring advertising that can be wrapped around the bottom and right of live TV programming...Hemanshu "Hemu" Nigam has been promoted to lead all digital security and privacy operations at News Corporation. Nigam has served as Fox Interactive Media/MySpace’s chief security officer since 2006...Tom Koletas has been named vp sales at Giant Realm, Inc. Koletas was most recently vp and managing director of advertising sales at Imaginova...Doug Bandes has been named vp of sales at Digital Broadcasting Group. Bandes was most recently vp of sales at BBE (formerly Broadband Enterprises)...Derek J. Murphy has been named senior vp business development at The Huffington Post. Murphy previously held a similar position within the CNN Interactive Group...Evan Gotlib has been named vp of advertising sales at blip.tv. Gotlib was most recently director of advertising & business development for Ideal Bite, a division of The Walt Disney Company...Michele Sweeney has been named to the newly created position of chief sales and marketing officer at the technology-focused ad network NetShelter. Sweeney was most recently executive vp of marketing solutions at Nimblefish Technologies...Chip Scovic has been named vp of sales at the ad optimization technology company Teracent Corporation. Scovic was recently ran Yahoo's various technology solutions sales teams...John Anagnost has been named to the the newly created position of global director, search marketing services, Neo@Ogilvy. Anagnost was most recently interactive marketing director at OgilvyInteractive's digital strategy group...Steven Sackey has been named vp national advertising sales at TidalTV. Sackey was more recently vp, business development at the same company...Angela Matusik has been named chief content executive for iVillage Networks. Matusik was most recently the development editor at People.com...Tom Arrix has been promoted to vp of U.S. Sales at Facebook. Arrix was most recently regional vp of sales, East for the social networking site...Don Meek has been named president, national media sales for interactive and publishing for the Tribune Company. Meek most recently served as president of integrated media for The Los Angeles Times...Philippe Sloan has been named senior vp, director of digital marketing at TargetCast tcm. Sloan most recently ran the interactive division within Initiative’s New York office...Alex Zelikovsky has been named chief operating officer of RooftopComedy. Zelikovsky was most recently COO of MyThings.com...Tara Schmitt has been named vp of sales at SheKnows. Schmitt was most recently national sales director at iVillage...Simon Whitcombe has been named vp of CBS Interactive’s games group, where she’ll oversee GameSpot, GameFAQs.com, GameRankings.com and other properties. Whitcombe was most recently senior vp/publishing director of the games, music and future plus groups at Future US...Adam Shlachter has been promoted to digital practice lead for MEC Interaction. Shlachter was most recently partner and group director at MEC Interaction...Ryan Vance has been named vp of programming and production at Revision3. Vance was most recently an executive producer at G4TV...Jana Friedman has been named senior vp, worldwide advertising sales, at the in-game advertising firm Double Fusion. Friedman was most recently vp of sales for Double Fusion’s Casual Games Group...Sara Weinstein has been named an account executive at Revenue Science. Weinstein was most recently an account executive at W.B. Mason...Suhaila Suhimi has been named vp, advertising strategy and partnerships at My Damn Channel. Suhimi was previously director of brand strategy at NBC Universal Digital Studio...Celia Wu has been named to the new position of senior director of sales development at MSNBC.com. Wu was previously general manager, MSN global business development...Sarah Baehr, vp media at Razorfish, has been named the agency's national media discipline lead. Baehr replaces Jeff Lanctot, who was recently named Razorfish's chief strategy officer...Wenner Media named Steven Schwartz to the post of chief digital officer, a new position. Schwartz previously was general manager of Readers Digest Association’s digital unit...Former Ladies’ Home Journal editor and More creator Myrna Blyth was named editor of BettyConfidential.com, a social networking site...David U.K. has been named managing director of Heavy Worldwide. U.K. was most recently vp and general manager of Heavy Canada. U.K.’s hiring comes on the heels of the departure of former Heavy CMO Eric Hadley...Richard Sutton has been named senior vp of sales for WebMD’s consumer markets. Sutton was most recently senior vp of digital media sales at Warner Bros. Entertainment...Courtney Holt has been named president of MySpace Music. Holt most recently served as executive vp of digital music for the MTV Networks Music and Logo Group...Amy Auerbach has been named senior vp, director, digital at Initiative. Auerbach was previously director of interactive at PHDiQ...Michael Drobac has been named vp of government affairs for the Online Publishers Association. Drobac was most recently was director of government affairs for IAC...Matt Timothy has joined BBE as senior vp of technology sales. Timothy was most recently senior vp of National Cable Communications...Kristine Shine has been named vp of ad sales at Sugar Inc. Shine was most recently vp of regional sales at Spot Runner...J.B. Brokaw has been named executive director, sales and business development at Mindset Media. Brokaw most recenlty served as vp and general manager at Range Online Media...At Initiative, Michael Hayes has been promoted to executive vp, managing director, digital. Hayes was previously U.S. head of interactive operations.
RADIO
Lucille Fortunato was named director of promotions and business development for KSWD-FM, Bonneville International's station in Los Angeles. She comes to Bonneville from Citadel Broadcasting, where she served as director of group marketing for KLOS-FM and KABC-AM in Los Angeles.
Ron Stone was named general manager of Salem Communications' three radio stations in Minneapolis. He comes to Salem from Midwest Communications, where he served as general manager for the company's six stations.
Richard (Rick) Greenhut has joined iBiquity Digital Corp. as director of U.S. broadcast sales. Greenhut was most recently a sales and marketing consultant for a number of Fortune 500 companies...Kim Bryant was named regional vp, western region ad sales for Metro Networks, a division of Westwood One. Bryant joins Westwood One from Clear Channel, where she served as president and market manager for San Francisco and San Jose, Calif...Journal Broadcast Group announced the following appointments. Kurt Owens was named program director for KSRZ-FM, the company's Hot Adult Contemporary station in Omaha, Neb., from the same position at KKCD-FM. Jim Spector, operations manager for the company, adds programming responsibilities for KKCD-FM...Clear Channel Radio announced the following appointments. Joe Puglise was named president and market manager for the company's stations in New York, from president and market manager in Phoenix. Jeff England was named president and market manager in Phoenix, from director of sales in the market...Kevin Metheny was named program director for WGN-AM, Tribune's radio station in Chicago. He was most recently vp of programming for Clear Channel Radio's stations in Cleveland, Ohio...Patrick Walsh, executive vp and chief financial officer, has added responsibilities as chief operating officer for Emmis Communications Corp. Rick Cummings, president of the radio division, will continue with Emmis as president of programming...Clear Channel’s Online Music and Radio division announced the following management additions: Josh Klenert was named to the newly created position of vp and creative director. He was most recently creative director for Billboard magazine, owned by Mediaweek parent Nielsen Co. Michael Jackel was named senior vp of digital sales. He was most recently general sales manager of KIIS-FM, Clear Channel’s station in Los Angeles…Tom Lisack was named director of digital music media and brand loyalty for CBS Radio Digital Media Group. He was most recently director of new media and marketing for WXRT-FM, CBS Radio’s Rock station in Chicago…Amy Bolton was promoted to senior vp and general manager of News/Talk syndication for Dial Global, from vp and general manager of News/Talk…Chris Corcoran was promoted to senior vp of programming for Dial Global, from vp of affiliate management…Gregory Molina III was named regional manager, affiliate sales and marketing for ESPN Deportes Radio, ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio HD. He was most recently president and director of operations for Sus Deportes Media Enterprises, Boston-based Spanish sports media agency…Greater Media announced the following appointments at its Boston radio stations: David Strauss was promoted to general sales manager of WKLB-FM, from general sales manager of WBOS-FM and Mark Keaney was named general sales manager of WBOS-FM. He was most recently vp of sales for Legends LPGA Golf Tour…Dial Global announced the following appointments: Beau Phillips has joined Dial Global as executive vp of programming for the company's 24-hour formats. He was most recently president and founder of Rainmaker Media; Marty Damin was promoted to vp of sports sales, from director of sports sales for Jones MediaAmerica, which was acquired by Dial Global; Frank DeSantis was promoted to senior vp of business development, from vp of business development for Jones MediaAmerica; Chris Long joins Dial Global as vp of sales in the company's new Dallas office, from Premiere Radio Networks, where he served as vp of southwest sales, and Judy Langley was named national account manager. Langley was formerly national account manager for Jones MediaAmerica…David Morganlander was named vp and director of sales for NetSolutions, Interep's unwired network radio division. He was most recently a senior account executive for Cox Radio in Atlanta.
NATIONAL BROADCAST TV
Maryam Banikarim has been named senior vp, integrated sales marketing for NBC Universal. Banikarim was most recently CMO at Univision Communications...Dianne DeSevo and Tonya Dobine have been promoted to vp, human resources business partners, at Disney-ABC Television Group. In her expanded role, she will oversee human resources operations for ABC News, ABC Television Network Sales, Broadcast Operations & Engineering and Hyperion. Dobine will oversee human resources for ABC Family, Disney-ABC Domestic Television, Disney-ABC International Television, Cable Networks Group Business & Legal Affairs, Disney Media Ad Sales & Makreting, Disney Channel Worldwide, Affiliate Relations, and Media Networks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa...Ira Kurgan has returned to Fox as chief of network business operations after a three-year stint as chief business officer for the Yahoo Network Division.Kurgan had spent 18 years at Fox, before leaving to join Yahoo three years ago. In his new and expanded role at Fox, Kurgan will be responsible for all business operations for Fox and will report to Peter Liguori, entertainment chairman of Fox…NBC has promoted Shari Post to vp, prime time ad sales, and hired Dave Barrington to replace her as vp, daytime and late night sales, both reporting to Jim Hoffman, senior vp of network entertainment sales. In her new role, Post will handle the day-to-day sales efforts for NBC’s prime time programming and will also continue to lead the sales efforts for "Green is Universal." Barrington was most recently executive vp and managing director of video investments for media agency MPG North America. Prior to that, he spent 14 years at News Corp. in various sales positions.
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