Burger King said RICK DOW, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales, will leave his post in early March, citing he wanted to be closer to his family in Minneapolis. Succeeding Dow is Rick Brown, who most recently was Vice President of field marketing and sales manager. Brown joined Burger King in December 2001 from Yum Brands' Taco Bell. He now will be the chief liaison with the company's franchisee Marketing Advisory Committee, and will oversee product marketing, field marketing, promotions, merchandising, marketing communications and sponsorships.

AOL Time Warner's Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing has left the company. ROBERT FRIEDMAN is leaving AOL to become President of Classic Media, a New York-based family entertainment company that owns the licensing rights to animated properties Underdog and Casper the Friendly Ghost, as well as the rights to Lassie and The Lone Ranger. Friedman was previously President of Interactive Marketing for America Online before being promoted to the corporate post last April, a month of intense executive shifts at the online unit.

Barnhart/CMI Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations announced the addition of KEN HUNTER as Director of Public Relations. Prior to working in public relations, Hunter held editorial positions with publications covering commercial real estate, junk bond investing and skiing. During his career, he has served in a public relations capacity with R&J Integrated Marketing Communications in New Jersey, Freeman Public Relations Group, Metzger Associates Public Relations and, most recently, Vanguard Communications, where he held the position of Vice President of Public Relations.

GEORGE H. BARTMAN has been named Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for DJG Marketing’s Waiting Room Subscription Services. Bartman joins WRSS from the Audit Bureau of Circulations, where he served as Vice President of Sales in their eastern region for six years. Prior to working at ABC, he was employed as Project Manager for News Corporation, where he managed the launch of a national magazine subscription agency.

Arbitron Inc. has promoted LINDA DUPREE to the new position of Senior Vice President, Portable People Meter. Dupree has been in sales and management positions with Arbitron since 1990. Most recently, she held the position of Senior Vice President, Advertiser/ Agency Services. Prior to Arbitron, Dupree held various media positions including planning supervision at Grey Advertising and field marketing management at the Stroh Brewery Company.

Business 2.0 magazine, announced today that AMY WEBER DICE has been named Associate Publisher/Marketing. Dice most recently served as the East Coast Advertising Director for the magazine. In her new role, she will be responsible for all marketing efforts for the magazine and its website. Dice joined the magazine in 1999 as the New York Ad Manager. She started her career with Time Inc. in 1994 as an account manager for TIME Magazine in Chicago, followed by a stint as an account manager at Sports Illustrated.

IFC, the entertainment company devoted exclusively to the world of independent film, announced that MATTHEW FRANKEL has been named Vice President for Communcations. Frankel will lead the public relations and communications strategy for all IFC divisions: IFC Television, IFC on Demand and IFC Entertainment, which includes IFC Productions and IFC Films. Frankel joins IFC from its parent company, Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc, where he was Director of Media Relations since October 2001.

Spin magazine has named SUSAN SCHWARTZMAN Fashion and Grooming Advertising Director. Prior to Spin, Schwartzman was National Sales Manager at Your Stepfamily magazine, published by the Stepfamily Association of America. A veteran of some of the industry's most notable fashion and lifestyle publications, Schwartzman previously held the title of Fashion Director at Primedia's Seventeen, and Condé Nast's Glamour magazine. Schwartzman began her advertising sales career at Vogue a Condé Nast title, eventually serving as fashion manager.

CANDY OREM has been named Sales Manager with Millennium Sales and Marketing in Dallas. Most recently, Orem was Senior Account Executive for the American team in Dallas. For over twenty years she has been a vital part of the Katz Television Group, serving in sales and management capacities.

Coca-Cola Co.’s Chief Marketing Officer STEVE JONES is leaving the company. Possible candidates for the spot include at least one outsider, Geoffrey Frost, Corporate Vice President for Global Marketing and Communications for Motorola's personal communications sector, who is in talks with the company. Coca-Cola's North American Chief Marketing Officer Chris Lowe could also be a candidate.