Tanya Giles has been promoted to the new position of senior vice president, research and planning, of MTV Networks Entertainment Group. She'll be responsible for Comedy Central, TV Land and Spike TV,
as well as Atom Entertainment, iFilm, Xfire and Gametrailers. Giles will report to Colleen Fahey Rush, executive vice president of research for MTV Networks, and Doug Herzog, president, MTV Networks
Entertainment Group. Giles had been senior vice president of research and planning for TV Land. --Wayne Friedman
