RICHARD ROSEN has been named managing editor of Women's Wear Daily, and DIANNE POGODA has been named managing editor/special reports, a new position. Rosen joins Fairchild from Bloomberg News. In his new position, Rosen will oversee the day-to-day editorial operations of the newsroom. Pogoda has served as managing editor of WWD since 1999. She will play a role in managing the growing number of special reports, sections and magazine editions produced under the WWD banner.

TMX, a digital communications agency, has added DON LINSENMANN to its Advisory Board. Linsenmann, vice president and corporate champion of Six Sigma, DuPont’s business improvement process, is responsible for the program’s global deployment. At TMX, he will assume the role of senior advisor and business development counselor.

BBDO New York announced that NANCY HILL and ANNE DEVEREUX will be taking on additional responsibilities, along with their current roles as executive vice presidents and managing directors of the New York office. Hill will oversee business development and be responsible for generating revenue growth and developing new revenue streams for the agency. This is in addition to her current position as a managing director on the agency’s AOL and PeopleSoft accounts. Devereux will take on the role of chief integration officer, responsible for directing BBDO’s integrated marketing communication efforts.

JAMES O'HARA has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer for the VNU Media Measurement and Information Group. O'Hara has also become a member of the MMI Group's management board. For the past four years, O'Hara had been senior vice president and CFO for Nielsen Media Research, which is part of the VNU MMI Group. O'Hara first joined VNU in 1998 as chief financial officer for VNU Marketing Information where he had overall financial responsibilities for multiple business units, including entertainment, media, healthcare and precision marketing.

McCann Worldgroup created two worldwide positions reflecting its expanded relationship globally with Microsoft across multiple marketing communications areas. MICHAEL MCLAREN (left) has been named to the newly created McCann Worldgroup position of executive vice president and director of global accounts on the worldwide Microsoft business. He previously served as executive vice president-director of client services, with additional responsibilities as the worldwide advertising account director on Microsoft. CASEY JONES (right) will join the agency in the newly created post of executive vice president and global strategy director on the worldwide Microsoft account. Lastly, HARRY CORSHAM was promoted to executive vice president …

CNET Networks, Inc. announced that CANDICE (CANDY) MEYERS has been appointed senior vice president of CNET.com. In her new position, Meyers is responsible for the content and user experience on CNET.com. Most recently, she served as senior vice president of editorial development, where she oversaw the expansion of several key content areas, including the launch of CNET Digital Living feature last fall.

Technology Review, Inc. has promoted MARTHA CONNORS to executive vice president and chief operating officer. In this role, Connors will be responsible for all operations of the media company. Connors will also oversee all consumer marketing activity for Technology Review magazine and manage TechnologyReview.com. Connors has been with the company since 1995.

Arbitron Inc. has promoted JIM TOBOLSKI to vice president of sales for Advertiser Agency Services. Tobolski will be responsible for the growth of Arbitron's Advertiser Agency Services core business. As Arbitron's Advertiser Agency Services senior sales manager for the past two years, Tobolski was responsible for branding and expanding Arbitron data and software services in the Northeast and Midwest regions.

NCC, a spot cable rep firm, has tapped NOELI SANCHEZ to head its new Miami office as director of sales, multicultural & emerging markets. She will be joined by KIM FABIAN, who has been promoted from account executive to regional account manager, multicultural sales & emerging markets. Additionally, ROBERT GETZ has joined NCC as regional account manager, multicultural sales & emerging markets, in the Dallas office.

TRAVIS F. SMITH, current editor of Variety.com, is leaving the Hollywood trade paper to become a partner at Hop Studios, a Web design and Internet consulting firm that specializes in Web development and branding for mid-sized businesses. His previous stints include the Los Angeles Times website and the dotcom startup, Pressflex.