Winstar Interactive has hired RICHARD LOWDEN to be its Southwest regional sales manager. Since 2003, Lowden has been an account executive for the business development team of CBS5/UPN Bay Area where he developed non-traditional revenue streams for CBS & UPN Television via entertainment, news, and sports programming promotional tie-ins.

GINGER CONLON has joined Peppers & Rogers Group as editor-in-chief of 1to1 Media. In her new role, she will oversee the editorial direction of 1to1 Magazine, as well as 1to1 Media's online publications. Prior to joining Peppers & Rogers Group, Conlon was editor-in-chief of CRM magazine and before that she served as managing editor, technology editor, and Web supervisor for Sales and Marketing Management.

Nielsen National Research Group has launched Nielsen NRGi and opened a New York office. JOSEPH CRAIG, senior vice president and general manager will lead the expanded services offered by NRG. In addition, PAULINE SEALEY-KITAZATO has been named vice president of research and analysis of NRGi.

iVillage Parenting Network has promoted SUZANNE FLEMING to vice president, national sales director. Since 1995, Fleming has held several positions at iVPN, most recently serving as vice president, promotion sales. Prior to that, she spent nine years at Johnson & Johnson in various roles of promotion and brand management.

Fletcher Martin Ewing has hired JILL MEISER as senior vice president; ANN ANTONINI and MELISSA PUMPHREY as account supervisors; EMILY GRUMET has been hired as account manager; and NICOLE MINTON was named account coordinator. Additionally, JAMIE LANDERS was hired as a senior broadcast negotiator.

Dow Jones Integrated Solutions has expanded it sales team with the appointments of MATTHEW ELLSWORTH as sales development director and ANDREA BEECHER as sales director. Ellsworth will lead the sales development effort for DJIS and Beecher will drive the sales endeavors for the company.

DAVID RITTENHOUSE has joined mOne worldwide in New York after four years in the agency's London office. He’ll work as group planning director on the IBM account. Rittenhouse replaces SARAH KIM, who's now a media director in Avenue A's New York office.

Response Media Products (RMP) recently added new personnel to account services and accounting units. LYNN SMITH, strategic development director, brings more than 20 years of agency and client-side experience in the technology, retail, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, and professional service sectors; TRACY GIBSON, interactive new business development director, recently served as vice president, client services for Miller Zell; MAKANYA LOWERY, client services manager, has more than 10 years of experience in marketing and project management, including positions with Delta Airlines as senior interactive account manager and senior analyst; Lastly, MELANIE ALLGOOD was named an account executive.

Horizon Media has hired LISA DEUTSCH as an account supervisor in the New York office. Deutsch comes to Horizon from Hearst where she worked as a media services manager in the Hearst Corporate Marketing and Sales Department. Prior to that, she was at Mediaedge:cia for five years.

MICHAEL P. CONNORS, a member of VNU’s executive board and chairman of its Media Measurement & Information (MMI) group, is leaving the company. Connors will remain on the executive board until April 1, and will continue as chairman and CEO of the MMI group until June 30. Connors joined VNU in 2001 upon the acquisition of ACNielsen Corporation where he served as vice chairman.