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Tue, May 16, 2006

• JIM KELLY has been promoted to the newly created position of managing editor of Time Inc., Kelly was most recently managing editor of Time, a position he held for nearly six years. He has spent a total of 28 years at the magazine starting as a writer in the Nation section.

• 121Media, a provider of ISP-based targeting solutions for online advertisers, has named CHRIS HOGAN, formerly VP of sales at Expedia, and TOM JENEN, formerly the director of global marketing for Falk eSolutions, as vice presidents of the sales and marketing departments, respectively.

• STUART BOGATY has been named managing partner, global accounts at Universal McCann. He will lead the media services for Universal McCann on the global Intel and MasterCard accounts. Bogaty joined Universal McCann from OgilvyOne/mOne/Neo@Ogilvy, where he served as chief executive officer, NeoSearch@Ogilvy North America and co-managing director, Neo@Ogilvy New York.

• RUTH KAUDERS has been named beauty director for Real Simple, where she will oversee beauty advertising for the brand. Kauders comes to Real Simple after nine years as beauty and fashion director at Martha Stewart Living. MELISSA POST has been named executive fashion director for Real Simple. Post comes to Real Simple from Fairchild, where she worked for seven years at Women’s Wear Daily. ILENE SAUL-RICHARDSON has been named executive producer of Real Simple, the weekly half-hour life-strategies show on PBS. Richardson oversees all of the creative and logistical elements of the show’s production. Prior to joining Real Simple, Richardson worked on the Audi A3 viral marketing campaign, managing film, event and web production.

• Cornerstone has launched a public relations division named Cornerstone Public Relations to be led by ED JAMES, president of the new group.

• KIRK P. MCDONALD has joined DRIVEpm as senior vice president of sales, service & marketing. Most recently, he served as senior vice president, network sales for CNET Networks.

• MATT DOWSHEN joined Deutsch New York as senior vice president/group account director, and heads the IKEA and Novartis Global's Zelnorm and Diovan accounts. LISA ZAKARIN joined the agency as senior vice president/associate director of iDeutsch.

• Rapp Collins Worldwide unveiled a new leadership structure. GARY VON KENNEL has been promoted to global chief executive officer, a new position. Succeeding him as Chairman and CEO of Rapp Collins Worldwide North America is ROBERT G. HORVATH, who most recently served as president of North America. MICHAEL SUGZDA will assume the president of North America title. Sugzda joins Rapp Collins from Wunderman, New York.

• MELISSA FALLON was promoted to vice president of television and emerging media at Davie-Brown Entertainment. She will focus on branded entertainment in television with an increased focus on multi-platform opportunities, as well as content produced specifically for emerging media platforms.

• SIMON TUPLIN has been promoted to associate creative director at davidandgoliath, up from senior art director.

• Y&R has named GREG CROSSLEY as head of design, a new position. He comes to Y&R from Lowe New York where he was senior vice president, director of brand development.

• Double Fusion has named JONATHAN EPSTEIN chief executive officer.

• The Business Marketing Association (BMA) elected JOHN FAVALO as chairman of its international board of directors. Favalo will lead BMA’s work in developing a networked global business marketing community.

• JOHN BECK has joined Experclick as vice president of sales. He joins the company from Intermix Network/Fox Interactive Media, where he held the position of vice president of sales development.

• Wunderman’s BARRY KESSEL has been named CEO of RTC Relationship Marketing and JEFFREY ROSS was promoted to president. Kessel has been serving as senior strategist at RTCRM since 2005 and Ross most recently served as executive vice president.

• MARNI HAAS has been promoted to client strategist at MoreVisibility. Haas joined the company in 2004 as a member of the Client Relations team.

• Adspace Networks has hired ERIC STEINERT as senior vice president, business development. Most recently, Steinert was vice president, retail markets at MasterCard International.

• DAVID EVANS, president and CEO of Crown Media Holdings, owner and operator of Hallmark Channel, is leaving the company in June, rather than September, when his contract expires.

• DEBORAH LONDON-HARRINGTON has been named director of production management for Discovery’s networks in the U.K., Europe and Asia. She joins Discovery after four years with National Geographic Channels International. She is responsible for establishing and maintaining standard production policies for production companies supplying programming to Discovery’s networks throughout the U.K., Europe and Asia.

• GREGORY PRUITT has been named vice president, director of new business at Cliff Freeman & Partners.

• ANGELA SUNG has joined DDB Canada as art director. Most recently, Sung worked as an art director for Arnold Worldwide in Toronto.

• SCOTT BUFORD was promoted to art director of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Design Services Department. He will be responsible for all of the Television Academy's collateral materials including advertisements, invitations, tickets, programs and promotional apparel. Previously, Buford was the design director for Lakeshore Learning Materials where he managed the product design department.

• CHRISTINE BENSEN has been named president, media, at Modem West. Bensen will lead the media practice for Modem in San Francisco, integrating online, direct, print and out-of-home. Most recently, Bensen served as national director of media & analytics at AKQA.

• STEPHEN PLUMLEE has been promoted to chief operating officer, executive vice president of R/GA. In addition, JOHN ANTINORI has been promoted to senior vice president, managing director, production and assumes Plumlee’s role leading the production team. Plumlee will be responsible for coordinating the company’s global operations including financial tracking, P/L management, business continuity planning and strategic growth for R/GA’s international operations.

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