ERIC SILVER, formerly creative director at Cliff Freeman and Partners, has joined Saatchi & Saatchi as executive vice president, creative group head.

KSL Media announced that HANK COHEN has been named president and founder KAL LIEBOWITZ has become chairman of the board. As chairman, Liebowitz will devote more time helping clients correlate business performance to media spending.

Hachette Filipacchi Media announced that JOANNE LOPINTO has been named marketing director of Metropolitan Home and Home magazines. LoPinto was vice president of marketing of The Parenting Group at AOL/Time Warner from July 2000 to March 2002. Previously, she served as group marketing director of Disney Publishing from 1996 to 2000. From 1992 to 1996, LoPinto was marketing director of Conde Nast Traveler.

CAROLE JOHNSON has joined Monster as senior vice president of marketing. She replaces PETER BLACKLOW, who left the company in January. Most recently, Johnson was vice president of business service at Gillette.

Yahoo! has announced the appointment of CAMMIE DUNAWAY as its chief marketing officer. Dunaway will be responsible for Yahoo!'s worldwide branding and product marketing efforts Dunaway comes to the company from Frito-Lay, where she served as VP and GM of Marketing. Another appointment at Yahoo! is that of JOHN E. MARCOM JR. as senior vice president International Operations. Marcom will oversee Yahoo!'s international business operations. Functions and regions reporting to him include Yahoo!'s international properties in Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Most recently, Marcom served as president of the Americas for the Financial Times. In this position, he was …

The Week has hired ARTHUR WAGNER to the position of Northwest Ad Manager. Previously, Wagner was founder and president of Clarus Consulting, working with clients such as Nike Golf, Men's Health, and Envision.

ADAM SHAW has been named Senior Vice President of Distribution for the NFL Network, the new NFL television programming service launching this fall. In his new role, Shaw will establish and manage carriage agreements with cable and satellite operators in the United States. He is also responsible for developing affiliate sales campaigns to promote the value of the NFL Network. NFL Films, Video-On-Demand (VOD) services and other enhanced TV applications will be a part of the NFL Network.

New York Times executive editor HOWELL RAINES and managing editor GERALD BOYD resigned last Thursday. JOSEPH LELYVELD, former executive editor of The Times, has been named interim executive editor.

Michael Meyers & Associates announced that DELIA FARRELL has joined the agency as Media Coordinator. Farrell will be responsible for managing the implementation of the agency’s media programs as well as management of the publicity function.

The NETWORK of City Business Journals has named GODFREY PHILLIPS Vice President of Marketing. Phillips, who joined The NETWORK in January 2003 after working for the Young & Rubicam advertising agency in New York for more than 18 years, will now manage both the company's marketing and research efforts. While at Young & Rubicam, Phillips served as Partner-Account Planning Director.