Time Warner has appointed
JOHN PARTILLA, a former senior executive at WPP Group's Young & Rubicam Inc., New York, and founder and CEO of Y&R's Brand Buzz agency, as president of its
Global Marketing Solutions group. Partilla succeeds
MICHAEL J. KELLY, who moved in January 2004 to Time Warner's America Online unit as president, AOL Media Networks. Partilla will coordinate
advertiser-driven programs that involve all of Time Warner's business units. Since 2000, Partilla has served as CEO of Brand Buzz, a creative solutions agency he founded within Y&R Inc. He also served
as executive vice president, global client leader of the Sony Electronics account at Y&R Advertising.