MSNBC.com has promoted KYOO KIM to vice president, sales, and added MORITZ LOEW as East Coast sales manager. Kim previously served as director of ad sales for MSNBC.com and has been with the company for more than three years. Kim will lead advertising sales efforts, and Loew is responsible for generating new business opportunities on the East Coast.

PAUL ROTHKOPF has been named vice president of advertising-sales for WhenU. Prior to joining WhenU, Rothkopf was vice president, associate publisher for The Sporting News Online where he worked for eight years and helped launch its online presence.

People’s insider columnist ZORIANNA KIT has agreed to a new position as the entertainment reporter for the KTLA (Channel 5) nightly newscast in Los Angeles.

Home & Garden Television has promoted CHAD YOUNGBLOOD to vice president of on-air promotion, while SHARON FLEISCHHACKER will assume the role of vice president of special projects. Youngblood will oversee the production of on-air creative for HGTV and contribute new strategies to the continued, creative evolution of the HGTV brand. Youngblood joined the network as a writer/producer of special projects in 2000. Fleischhacker joined the network as a producer in 1994 and will continue to support off-air creative endeavors, including the production of corporate video presentations for the network’s affiliate and advertising sales teams.

Global interactive marketing agency AKQA has opened a New York office and named LARS BASTHOLM as executive creative director, running New York’s creative department. Most recently, he was creative director at European agency Framfab.

Real Branding has hired MARIAN THOMAS as its account director. Thomas, who previously handled interactive advertising for New Line Cinema, will continue to work on Real Branding's New Line Cinema account as well as their Warner Home Video account. Before joining Real Branding, Thomas created and negotiated media plans for films including “The Lord of the Rings Trilogy” and “Austin Powers.”

ED DWYER, features editor of AARP The Magazine, has been named travel editor. Dwyer will continue as features editor while assuming responsibility for the travel category.

City Business Journals Network has hired MICHELLE GAMMON and MICHAEL DURANKO as national sales representatives. Gammon will manage accounts throughout the Western region of the United States, and was most recently with Abbott Laboratories where she held numerous sales and management positions. Duranko will manage several sales categories, including computer hardware/software, office equipment, consumer electronics, and law firms. He was previously a sales manager with CMP Media.

Intermix Media has promoted JOHN BECK to vice president, sales development, up from director, business development. Beck is tasked with building programs to grow Intermix's branded advertising revenue.

Unicast has hired ROB SPRUNGMAN as director, Midwest sales. Sprungman is responsible for expanding Unicast’s market reach in the region, and introducing new advertisers to Unicast’s rich media ad units. Prior to joining Unicast, Sprungman served as director of media sales for Fastclick.