Mon, Feb 10, 2003

  • Modem Media Inc. of Westport, CT has named MICHAEL DE KARE-SILVER Managing Director of Modem's Europe division. De Kare-Silver joins Modem Media from PA Consulting, where he was head of e-business service development.

  • Young & Rubicam has tapped BBDO's MICHAEL PATTI as Chairman and CEO of the flagship office. Patti has worked at BBDO for 18 years, most recently as a Vice Chairman and Senior Executive Creative Director. He resigned from the New York shop on Friday and is expected to join Y&R on March 1. In his New York roles, Patti replaces Ron Bess, who shifts to a corporate role as Vice Chairman, Integration and Business Development at Y&R Group.

  • JULIE HERCEG joins the HF&A team as a Senior Media Planner/Buyer. Herceg's primary responsibilities include yearly planning and buying for a number of large accounts at HF&A.

  • Hitchcock Fleming & Associates Inc., a full-service marketing communications firm in Akron, Ohio, has hired MELISSA PHILIPS as the new Account Supervisor for the agency's RentWay Inc. account. She has more than 12 year's experience as an account supervisor working on a number of large accounts, including Papa John's Cleveland, Arby's Cleveland, Dirt Devil and Goody Products.

  • Fastclick.com, Inc., has announced the addition of sales executive SCOTT GRAEBER to the sales team for Fastclick's AdServer, a web-based Internet advertising management system. Most recently, Scott held a position in sales for Yardi Systems, where he sold ASP based accounting and management solutions to companies nationwide.

  • DraftWorldwide has hired WILLIE WILKOV as Vice President, Account Director. Over the past year and a half, Wilkov was Director of Employee Development at Leo Burnett USA. In his previous six years at Burnett, Wilkov worked in account management overseeing brand advertising, promotions and direct marketing work for Philip Morris, Motorola and Amazon.com.

  • Advertising.com, Inc., the interactive advertising network and performance-based marketing services provider, recently announced some promotions: MIKE FURY (pictured here), formerly Director of Advertising.com's San Francisco sales office, has been named Vice President of Regional Sales for the company's southwest and western sales regions. DON KENNEDY, formerly Director of Advertising.com's Baltimore sales office, has been named Vice President of Regional Sales for the company's mid-Atlantic, southeast and mid-west sales regions. KURT MUNZINGER, formerly Director of Advertising.com's New York sales office, has been named Vice President of Regional Sales for the company's northeast sales region. In addition, Advertising.com's National Sales Director, JEREMY HELFAND, has been named to the new post of Vice President of National Sales.

  • Entravision Communications Corporation announced that ANITA SAENZ-CARVALHO has been promoted to General Manager of its Corpus Christi, Texas television cluster, which includes UNIVISION KORO 28 and TELEFUTURA KCRP 41. Effective immediately, Saenz-Carvalho will be replacing Araceli DeLeon, who has left the company to pursue other opportunities. Since 1999, Saenz-Carvalho has served as the General Sales Manager/Local Sales Manager of UNIVISION KORO 28. Saenz-Carvalho has held various advertising sales positions since her career began in 1982, including several account executive positions at local television and radio stations in Corpus Christi, TX.

  • Thirteen-year Discovery Networks veteran JOHN FORD has resigned from his post as President of New Media, effective February 14. A successor is expected to be named in the coming weeks. During his career at Discovery, Ford launched The Learning Channel, Discovery Health and Discovery HD Theater. Ford also oversaw programming at Discovery Networks and the discovery.com website as President of the U.S. Content Group. Ford had hoped to be named president of Discovery Networks, insiders said last year. But that position went to Discovery newcomer Billy Campbell.

  • Euro RSCG Tatham Partners announced this week that NIKHIL BASU was named Chief Financial Officer. Euro RSCG Tatham Partners is a recently formed unit of Euro RSCG Worldwide integrating several Euro RSCG agencies within a single company. Basu was most recently in New York City as the Global CFO of CCG.XM Worldwide, the interactive network of Cordiant Communications Group PLC. Previously, Basu served in the capacity of Regional Finance Director in Jakarta for Bates Indonesia and India and then at Bates Latin America in Buenos Aires. Earlier global experience at Cordiant PLC and Saatchi & Saatchi Company PLC included acquisitions and corporate finance positions.

  • CHARLIE COLOMBO, a 30-year seasoned veteran of the radio business, has been appointed Executive Vice President/General Manager of Launch Radio Networks. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President at United Stations, where he was a founding partner of when the network incorporated in 1993. Over the span of his career, Colombo has served in a number of senior management positions at Banner Radio, Blair Radio and Christal Radio.

  • HBC New York, Inc., a subsidiary of Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, announced the managerial appointment of SCOTT ELBERG as Director of Sales for WADO(AM) 1280 and WCAA(FM) "Latino Mix" 105.9. Most recently, Elberg was General Manager of Clear Channel's New York City radio stations, WKTU(FM) and WHTZ(FM). He joined WKTU(FM) and WHTZ(FM) in 1996 as General Sales Manager and was promoted to General Manager in 1999.

  • Playboy magazine, this week named DIANE SILBERSTEIN to the position of Associate Publisher/Advertising for the magazine. Silberstein joins Playboy from YAHOO! Internet Life Magazine, where she was the magazine's Publisher. She has also served as Publisher of The New Yorker and Elle, has held top positions with Allure and Vogue, and was the Senior Vice President/Group Publisher at Phase2Media, an internet advertising sales, marketing and promotional company for top Web companies such as Maxim Online, the National Hockey League, FOX, ELLE.com and Britannica.com. Silberstein began her career at Glamour magazine.

  • Sales & Marketing Management magazine announced the appointment of THOMAS M. FLYNN as Account Manager responsible for eastern regional advertising sales for the magazine. Flynn most recently was the Principal for 10X Partners LLC, a sales outsourcing firm in Old Greenwich, CT. Prior to that, he was Sales Director for Engage Media for two years. Other experience includes sales management positions as New York Sales Manager at Yahoo! and Advertising Director at CFO Magazine, part of The Economist Group.

  • Tribune Company recently named veteran broadcast executive STEVE CARVER as Vice President/General Manager of WATL-TV (WB36), in Atlanta, Georgia. Carver is currently Regional Vice President for Tribune Television, and Vice President and General Manager of WGN-AM Radio in Chicago. The company also announced that MARK KRIESCHEN, Director of Sales at the radio station, will succeed Carver as Vice President and General Manager.

  • Premiere Radio Networks announced that LEN KLATT, formerly Vice President/Director of Research, has been promoted to the newly created position of Sr. Vice President/Director of Research. Prior to joining Premiere, Klatt served as Director of Research at Westwood One in New York for 11 years.

  • MICHAEL KEATON has been appointed Director Of European Operations at Accipiter UK. Keaton has held senior roles in a number of leading global software companies, including European Sales Director at Engage where he was responsible for Ad serving and Digital Asset Management products. Prior to joining Engage Michael was Sales Director for JDA (Northern Europe), Associate Partner at Accenture, where he set up an EIS software business division across the Far East, and Sales and Marketing manager at COL, Hong Kong.

  • Publishing Group of America, a Franklin, Tennessee-based media company that publishes American Profile magazine, this week announced that DICK PORTER, President of American Profile magazine and Senior Vice President of Publishing for PGA, has been named the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

  • The Greensboro office of CWA Creative Communications has named veteran marketing specialist JEFF GLATUS as Vice President of Business Development. Glatus, who has 15 years of experience in business-to-business marketing, has held management positions with Eaton Corporation and Volvo Trucks. Most recently served as a strategic marketing consultant in the trucking industry.

  • Salem Communications Corporation, a leading radio broadcaster focused on religious and family themes programming, announced that CHARLES L. "CHUCK" FINNEY has been appointed to the newly-created position of National Program Director for Music, and Brand Manager for Salem's highly successful Fish format, according to Joe D. Davis, Executive Vice President of Radio for Salem Communications. Before joining Salem, Finney previously served as Program Director for Infinity's WGRR in Cincinnati, winning two nominations for the prestigious Marconi Award, and leading his station to unprecedented ratings. As Vice President Operations for Secret Communications, he oversaw programming and marketing for 18 stations, and achieved excellent results in a number of highly competitive situations, winning Marconi Awards for those efforts. He has been a broadcaster since 1975.

  • Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (SBGI) announced this week that BETH WORSHAM has been named General Manager for WXLV-TV (ABC 45) and WUPN-TV (UPN 48) in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point, North Carolina market. Worsham has spent the past 16 years in various sales and management positions at Sinclair's ABC affiliate, WEAR-TV. Most recently, she served as the General Sales Manager and prior to that as the Regional Sales Manager.

  • Boede&partners, an integrated marketing firm, this week announced the addition of four employees to its creative department: GARY BROWN, JOHN KINKEAD, KRIS BARTHOLOMEW and KIM REYNOLDS -- and the promotion of another employee, KARA HALLSTROM. Brown joins boede&partners as Senior Interactive Art Director. He has extensive Web and multimedia experience from his work at Euro RSCG DSW Partners for clients such as Intel, Iomega and Xircom. Kinkead joins the firm as Senior Copywriter and will collaborate on accounts such as Ingenix and Plantronics. Prior to boede&partners, Kinkead was a freelance writer for Grey Worldwide in San Francisco on the Cisco Systems and Papa Murphy's accounts. Kinkead also worked at Euro RSCG DSW for nearly eight years as Associate Creative Director on accounts such as Intel, Minolta and Red Hat. Bartholomew is boede&partners' newest production designer. During her four years at Euro RSCG DSW Partners, Bartholomew produced creative material for several of the agency's clients including Intel and Minolta. She will be working primarily on the Network Associates account. Reynolds joins boede&partners as an interactive director and will use her skills in multimedia and production design for clients such as Network Associates and Mercator. Prior to boede&partners, Reynolds created numerous interactive projects including Web sites, product demonstrations and multimedia presentations for several companies in Utah and Tennessee including Ingram Book, Daystar Communications, iCentris, Accountix, and Xocolate. Hallstrom has been promoted to the role of junior copywriter from proofreader. She will continue to proof the creative product of the agency as well as use her English background to collaborate on writing for clients such as Network Associates.

  • National Cable Communications (NCC), a leading spot cable rep firm, has promoted BRUCE RAISNER and MICHELLE GOYETTE to Vice President, Customer Relations for eBusiness Applications and Vice President/Controller, respectively. Raisner is one of NCC's original employees, joining the company in May of 1985 as a Sales Assistant in its Boston sales office. With NCC, he's also been an Account Executive, Sales Manager of NCC's San Francisco and Boston sales offices, Manager of New Business Development, and Director of Training & Development. Goyette joined NCC in March of 1999 as Controller, and was instrumental in helping to relocate NCC's Operations Center from Quincy, Mass. to Bloomfield, N.J. last year. She came to NCC from Monson Companies, Inc.in Leominster, Mass., where she was the Controller, and spent an additional eight years as an Assistant Controller and Accountant with other companies in the Boston area. Also, PETER D'URSO and APRIL PANSTER have joined NCC's New York sales office as Account Executives. D'Urso comes to NCC from Bravo, The Independent Film Channel and MagRack, where he spent four years as a Regional Sales Manager based in Dallas. Panster joins NCC from AT&T Media Services in Miami, where she spent two years as an Account Executive. She began her career as a Sales Assistant for WSVN-TV, the FOX affiliate in Miami.

  • MICHAEL ALFORD has been named the new Sport Sales Manager for ESPN Radio 710. He comes to ESPN from the University of Southern California where he was the Associate Athletic Director of Corporate Sales & Marketing. There he developed and negotiated sponsorship opportunities for such accounts as Gatorade, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Nextel, Nike, Pepsi and Verizon.

  • ROBERT L. NOVAK joins ESPN Radio 710 in Los Angeles in sports sales. A senior sales and marketing executive, Novak has had more than 25 years of broadcast, sports and internet marketing experience. His work history includes Director of Sales at Engage Media, Inc. and General Sales Manager at the Los Angeles Clippers. Robert has held a variety of sales and marketing positions such as Director of Sports Sales and Marketing at KZLA/KLAC Radio heading up Lakers Sales, and Account Executive at KMPC 710 Radio where he sold sports packages for the then, California Angels, Los Angeles Rams and UCLA football and basketball.

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