• January 8, 2009

Riley McDonough joins Reuters ad sales division from WebMD, where he was head of sales, consumer markets.

At Reuters, McDonough will lead the team as senior vice president and general manager and director of advertising sales, and will be based in New York City. McDonough's background in digital and traditional advertising sales spans over 25 years. Prior to WebMD, McDonough worked with ESPN, developing its integrated selling approach and establishing ESPN.com.

Other new hires at Reuters include Yahoo's Mike Feltz, who will manage Midwest sales from Chicago. Feltz was director of national accounts with Yahoo.

Erica Klein joins Reuters from The Washington Post Company, where she was a national account manager. She will handle West Coast sales from Los Angeles.

Betsy Murphy, who will lead East Coast sales from New York, previously was with ARTISTdirect, where she was vice president of worldwide sales. Previously, she served as senior director of customer sales and marketing at ESPN.--Tanya Irwin