MTV has reorganized the heads of its Integrated Marketing Group with the return of MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) sales executive Angela Courtin to the Viacom (NYSE: VIA) company. Courtin will serve as SVP, MTV Integrated Marketing. In conjunction with the new hire, MTV also promoted Jeannie Scalzo to SVP, MTV Integrated...
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Interpublic Group’s Mediabrands is building up its hyperlocal unit Geomentum by adding former Forrester analyst Lisa Bradner has its first president. She’ll head up account management and consulting, as the company expects to expand into client categories such as restaurant, retail, and banking. In addition, she’ll be working with Mediabrands and the various IPG...
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A month after he announced his departure from his post at Publicis’ digital hub VivaKi, David Kenny, one of the key architects of the ad holding company’s interactive strategy, has decided to join content delivery manager Akamai (NSDQ: AKAM) as president. Kenny will run Akamai’s general business operations, including global sales, marketing,...
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It was exactly two years ago today that David Moore stepped aside as CEO of WPP Group interactive shop 24/7 RealMedia to take on the more general advisory role within the unit. Now, his successor, Jonathan Hsu is leaving 24/7 RealMedia after 10 years to become the head of
Newsday, the local Long Island daily owned by Cablevision (NYSE: CVC), has made some changes on the publishing side. The newspaper is promoting publisher Terry Jimenez to the role of president of Newsday Media Group and tapped sales head Fred Groser to succeed him in his current post.
Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) is giving corporate development exec Bruce Campbell some additional responsibilities as chief development officer and general counsel. At the same time, Campbell will be handing over his duties as president of Digital Media to Peter Liguori, Discovery’s COO, who will take on management of the Digital Media and...
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Josh James, the founder and former CEO of Omniture, is leaving Adobe Systems (NSDQ: ADBE) 11 months after Adobe purchased his company for $1.8 billion. James had joined Adobe as SVP of its Omniture business unit post-acquisition. He’s being succeeded in that post by Brad Rencher, a VP of business...
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Jason Krikorian, co-founder of video technology company Sling Media, has joined venture capital firm DCM as a general partner. In January ‘09, Krikorian, along with his brother and Sling Media co-founder Blake, left the company less than a year after it was bought by EchoStar (NSDQ: SATS) as...
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Summer Friday news from Condé Nast: Robert Sauerberg has been promoted to president from group president, consumer marketing. Chuck Townsend remains CEO but the appointment marks a split in responsibilities and a switch to Condé Nast’s newest “strategic course as a consumer-centric media and entertainment company.”
The announcement was timed to a regularly scheduled...
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Maybe it’s just me but it felt like RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) dragged out this whole CEO search for too long. It’s not like Bob Kimball was an unknown: He’s been with the company since 1999. Maybe a month or two after Chairman Rob Glaser resigned as CEO...
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