Emmis Communications Corporation this week named radio industry veteran MATT ROSS as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Emmis-New York. Since early 2002, Ross has served as CEO of Turning-Point Inc., which specializes in media, marketing and event consulting services. Prior to that, he was General Manager of WAXQ-FM in New York City from 1998-2001. He added the additional role of Senior Vice President of Sales for Clear Channel New York in 2001.

Yahoo! this week announced two new additions to its sales leadership team: BETH-ANN EASON joins Yahoo! as Vice President of Category Management and Sales Training. Eason has held a variety of management positions, including VP/General Manager of DoubleClick Media, SVP Business Development at Ziff Davis Publishing and Associate Publisher of the SRDS Interactive Source Book. BETH LAWRENCE, a 20-year sales veteran, joins Yahoo! as Vice President of Eastern Sales. Lawrence joins Yahoo! from America Online, where she served as Vice President of Integrated Sales and Marketing. Previously she had been Vice President Publishing at DoubleClick, where she managed both sales …

AOL Time Warner reports that TED TURNER, the company's Vice Chairman is stepping down to spend more time on his philanthropic endeavors. Moreover, the media conglomerate reported a whopping $45 billion loss in its fourth quarter.

KRISTINA TRUMPER-PRESERN has been named Senior Account Executive for Katz Radio in Chicago. She interned with the company twice while in college, and then permanently joined Katz after earning her Bachelor’s degree in Broadcasting.

CHRIS VAN DUYNE has started his own Media, Marketing and Advertising Firm called The Van Duyne Group, LLC. As President of the company, Van Duyne has secured exclusive partnerships with various media, marketing and advertising companies such as Golfpac Travel and Golfweek Magazine. Prior to going out on his own, Van Duyne was an Account Executive with the Golf Digest Companies and was responsible for the sales and marketing of Golf Digest, Golf World and Golf for Women magazines. Before joining The Golf Digest Companies, Van Duyne was an Account Supervisor with J. Walter Thompson where he managed the Maxfli, …