Non-traditional media company Channel M has hired Rick Thiedig as vice president of finance, based in the company's Los Angeles headquarters. Thiedig has more than a decade of financial, operational
and strategic-planning experience. Most recently, he was vice president of finance for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Prior to that, he was director of finance for the United States Tennis
Association and worked at USA Networks and the Food Network. Channel M provides retail-marketing services through in-store entertainment-driven TV programming at venues like amusement parks, sports
bars, video arcades and gyms.