BOB LONIGRO has joined EA.com as Director of Eastern Sales. Bob was formerly a Sales Director at pogo.com which was purchased by EA in April of 2001.

Captivate Network, Inc., the national news and entertainment network, announced that GARY VILLANTE has recently joined the company as National Account Manager. Gary has a wealth of sales experience, previously serving as the Manager of East Coast Sales for Great American Country Radio.

NANCY MONSARRAT has been named the Nike's new U.S. Advertising Director, replacing Rob Deflorio. Monsarrat leaves the position of Asia Pacific Advertising Director, a post she held since 1999.

DICK MATULLO, veteran Media Director at Interpublic Group's Austin Kelley Advertising in Atlanta has left and formed ULTRA MEDIA, INC., a media planning and buying service. Matullo joined the Atlanta agency 13 years ago from the Chicago office of NW Ayer. He spent 20 years in Chicago working at Ayer, Clinton E. Frank and Young & Rubicam. Before moving to Chicago he was with Young & Rubicam in New York.

Havas-owned Arnold has completed a deal to add most of the clients and staff of Panoramic Communications' Earle Palmer Brown's office in Bethesda, MD. About 30 EPB staffers, including Managing Partner CHARLES JONES and Creative Director WOODY KAY, will make the move to Arnold's office in McLean, Va. Both become Executive VPs at Arnold, McLean. Jones will oversee agency operations; Kay will be Executive CD, an open post since Matt Smith's departure four months ago. KEN UMANSKY is the outpost's President.

The organisers of the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival announced that DAN WIEDEN, Chief Creative Officer and CEO of Wieden+Kennedy Portland, New York, London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, will be the Jury President of the 2003 Film and Press & Outdoor juries. It is the first time Wieden has accepted to sit on an international jury in the past decade.

GREGORY R. RUSH has been appointed Associate Publisher & Chief Operating Officer for Herald Media Inc.'s Community Newspaper Company. Rush joined CNC earlier this year from Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey where he was a Vice President and a founding member of the firm’s Boston office.

LOUIS TOSTO is joining BusinessWeek as Sales Vice President, Eastern Region. Prior to joining BusinessWeek, Tosto was most recently the General Manager for SmartMoney.com where he had P&L responsibility and oversaw sales and marketing, product development, technical and financial operations. He rose to the General Manager position after holding positions as Associate Publisher and National Advertising Director. Before he moved to SmartMoney.com, Tosto was the New York Advertising Manager for SmartMoney magazine from 1995 to 1999 and an Account Executive from 1993 to 1995.

Gemstar TV Guide named JEFF SHELL Chief Executive, replacing Henry Yuen, who will continue as Chairman in a non-executive capacity. Yuen, under a new five-year employment agreement, was named to lead a business unit formed to pursue international business development opportunities. Shell has been Gemstar's Chief Operating Officer since April.

Jobing.com, LLC, a private equity-backed, locally focused employment Web site, announced the appointment of ALLEN R. DUNAWAY as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Jobing.com, Dunaway was the Chief Financial Officer at Opnix Inc., an Internet traffic management company. Dunaway was also Vice President and CFO at medical device company Orthologic Corp.