Wed, Sep 5, 2007

  • Discovery Communications named JOSHUA FREEMAN as executive vice president, digital media. Freeman was most recently senior vice president, operations & planning, AOL Products.

  • MARC USA named ALEX YOVANOVICH group account director.

  • The Harlem Globetrotters named PETER LAPOINTE as the team's senior vice president, partnership marketing & sales. He joins the company from the National Football League, where he spent the past eight years working on the development of the NFL's international business.

  • IDG List Services promoted ANDREW SAMBROOK from vice president of IDG List Services to general manager. Sambrook will replace DEB GOLDSTEIN who is retiring.

  • MICHELLE L. TARR was named senior vice president and NICOLE H. DOSTIE and CAROL A. PUCHALA were named vice presidents at Campbell-Ewald.

  • DEENA GREENBERG was named fashion/jewelry advertising director of O, The Oprah Magazine. She most recently served as accessories director for Vogue.

  • LevLane, Philadelphia, hired LARA DIPIAZZA as account director, handling the Sunoco and Beneficial Bank accounts. Most recently, DiPiazza was account supervisor at SFGT, working on Tylenol.

  • JOHN FORD rejoined Discovery Communications as president and general manager of Military Channel and Discovery Times Channel. He recently served as executive vice president, programming at National Geographic Channel.

  • ROSS DOBSON joined Mullen as a managing partner responsible for leading the digital, direct marketing and analytics groups and fostering company-wide integrated marketing initiatives. He joins the agency after serving as managing director for strategy and enablement at Stone Ward.

  • EPrize named GABE KARP as senior vice president, general counsel and ROBYN MARCOTTE as senior vice president, talent.

  • JEFF GRIFFING was named group publisher of Transworld Media.

  • MIKE JONES was promoted to director of business & audience development for The Wall Street Journal Digital Network. JAMES BUTCHART was elevated to senior account manager for the WSJ Digital Network, and TRENT HUFFMAN joined WSJ Digital Network as director of sales development.

  • MIKE TAKAC was promoted to senior vice president, sales for Warner Home Video. Takac will continue to oversee sales integration with the added responsibility of leading WHV's domestic field sales group.

  • Katz Media Group hired DAVE BISCEGLIA as vice president and general manager of the American and National Divisions of Millennium Sales & Marketing's Chicago office, a division of the Katz Television Group. He joins Millennium from Blair Television, where he spent more than 20 years in various sales management positions in New York, Dallas and Chicago.

  • JEFFREY FILASETA was promoted to vice president national content sales at IAC Entertainment Publications.

  • JEREMIAH OWYANG joined Forrester Research as a senior analyst focused on Social Computing and Interactive Marketing. He recently served as director of corporate media strategy for PodTech.net.

  • Critical Mass named CELIA JONES as director of marketing. She previously held the position of the director of content and lead copywriter at Designkitchen.

  • JANA FRIEDMAN was promoted to senior director of interactive ad sales for Electronic Arts -- Pogo. In her new role she will be managing the ad sales and sales development teams on a national level.

  • TargetSpot named ANDREW EISELE as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. MIKE DUDAS will be the company's new director of business development. Lastly, JOHN DECASTRO will serve as director of sales.

  • Did-it hired GLENN HERRERA as regional sales manager, expanding its west coast sales team.

  • Milner Butcher Media Group hired JOHN WILSON III to oversee business development. He most recently served as senior partner, west coast business development for Mediaedge:cia.

  • Harley-Davidson promoted JACKIE TIMM to director of business development for the upcoming Harley-Davidson Museum.

  • KYL BOGGS and ALISON LANGENBAHN joined Empower MediaMarketing, Cincinnati, as media innovation strategist and digital strategist, respectively. Most recently, Boggs was a media buyer and planner for Starcom Los Angeles and Langenbahn previously served as an account executive at Whittmanhart Interactive.

  • MSG Media appointed ERIC SWANSON to the newly created role of vice president of programming and acquisitions. Prior to joining MSG Media, Swanson was the vice president of International Program Sales and Consulting for IMG Media.

  • MARK BARRERA was named eMarketing program director for Franklin-Spirko Media, responsible for creating campaigns that encompass all aspects of Internet marketing.

  • DAVID TOTH, former president, CEO, and co-founder of the NetRatings, has joined TubeMogul's board of directors.

  • Captivate Network named HUGH FLANIGAN as creative director and SARAH NASTASI as research director.

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