FRED DOSCHER has been named research manager at Forbes.com, responsible for managing and implementing all research efforts in support of advertising sales. He joins Forbes.com from AJ Interactive. In addition, MARCIA GREENBLATT was appointed to the newly created position of events coordinator, responsible for Forbes.com’s portfolio of conferences and seminars. She joins Forbes.com from The Institute for International Research in New York, where she was associate meeting planner.

STACY HIGBEE, SHIRLEY HWANG, and LISA PARK have joined TargetCast tcm as vice presidents/account directors. Higbee, who previously worked on “OTC” products at Saatchi & Saatchi, will work on the agency’s Wyeth Consumer Healthcare brands, including Advil, Robitussin, Alavert, and Dimetapp. Hwang was most recently vice president and group media director at Halogen Response Media, directing such clients as Procter & Gamble, Capital One, and Walt Disney World. Park directs the Centrum Vitamin business, as well as Chapstick, Preparation H, Fibercon, Anbesol and other brands. She joins the agency from The Wolfe Group where she was an associate media director …

EMILY-JANE PETERS has joined IDG Entertainment's online sales team as a regional sales manager. Her territory will include the Pacific Northwest region, as well as Chicago. Prior to joining IDG, she worked for GameDAILY. She also held previous positions with The Wall Street Journal Online and Barron's Magazine.

KATHY BUGBEE has been promoted to international sales manager at WorldLink. She joined the company in 1997.

SMITHSONIAN magazine has promoted ANDREW GRANT to senior promotion manager from promotion manager. Grant’s new responsibilities include developing and implementing long term marketing initiatives and management of the RFP process. He joined the company as the promotion manager in November 2002.

Arbitron has appointed MICHAEL PANEBIANCO to the position of senior account manager and digital media specialist, Arbitron Outdoor Solutions. Most recently, Panebianco worked as director of sales at Nassau Media Partners. Prior to that, he worked as an account executive at Comcast.

Siegel & Gale promoted NOAH MANDUKE to president and chief operating officer. He will be responsible for the firm's overall strategic direction, growth and business operations. Manduke joined Siegel & Gale in 1997 as the managing director of its Los Angeles office.

JOËLLE TISON has been named managing director of Draft Paris. Tison most recently was the managing director of OgilvyOne Paris. While there, Tison oversaw a full range of relationship marketing activities on behalf of her clients, including Air France, American Express, Unilever, Dior, Mattel, and Banque Directe.

The Vendare Group has named DAVID BURCHAM executive vice president of operations. The company also named MICHAEL V. DOWNS, who formerly served with Booz Allen and Accenture, as senior vice president, corporate development and strategic planning. Burcham served as president and CEO of Toytime.com Inc., before becoming president of ACT•1, a staffing and human resources firm.

RICK HOLZMAN has been named vice president, program planning and scheduling for Discovery Channel and PETER LOVERING has been named vice president, production and development, Discovery Channel for Discovery Networks, U.S. in London. In his new role, Holzman will oversee scheduling and acquisitions for the network and plan long-term programming strategies. Holzman joins Discovery from Universal Television Group where he most recently served as senior vice president of the strategic research division. Lovering joins Discovery from the BBC, where he most recently served as head of development for the BBC Docs and Contemporary Factual division.