The Interpublic Group has named MARK ROSENTHAL chairman and CEO of the group's media operations. For nearly a decade, he served as president and chief operating officer of MTV Networks. In his new position, Rosenthal will oversee all of the company's worldwide media operations, including Initiative, MAGNA Global, Universal and a number of specialist media agencies.

IAN BEAVIS has been named vice president of marketing at Kia Motors America, Inc. In his new role, Beavis will oversee KMA's marketing operations including advertising, product planning and public relations. Beavis joins Kia from Mitsubishi Motors North America where he served as senior vice president of marketing, public relations and product planning for. Prior to that, Beavis held numerous leadership positions, including president & CEO of Foote, Cone & Belding.

CMD has hired LAURA HUBLER as a print production manager and SHELLY HOLLIDAY as a media buyer/planner. Hubler will be responsible for managing print production for CMD clients including Amazing Goop, Carl Greve, JELD-WEN and McCormick & Schmick's.

Jumpstart Digital Marketing has promoted AARON NICHOLS and MIKE MACHADO each from manager, dealer sales division to director, dealer sales division, both newly created positions. Nichols and Machado will be responsible for leading one of Jumpstart's local dealer sales teams and oversee the sale of interactive advertising solutions to dealers.

PATRICIA PARIS has joined Sigma Group as a media supervisor. Paris is responsible for both media planning and buying for clients including Humax USA, Synergy Bank, and Panasonic Computer Solutions Company. Most recently, she was a media supervisor with JL Media.

JOHN PERAGINE has joined the Undertone Networks sales team in New York as an account executive. Peragine will cover the New York and Boston markets for the company. He joins Undertone from Homestore.com, where he managed national advertising sales since 2003.

TONIA LEE has been named director of corporate development in the strategy and development department of The Weather Channel. She transfers from the information technology department where she had been director of IT strategy and development.

Wired News has named EVAN HANSEN as the site's editor in chief. Hansen previously worked at CNET News.com. In addition, PAUL VAN DE KAMP has been named national sales director. He was most recently VP of national sales for LA.com. MARK MCCLUSKY has been named the new games editor. He previously worked at EA.com and Sports Illustrated. Lastly, KEVIN POULSEN joins the company as site editor.

Bigfoot Interactive has named ROBERT SCHWARTZ to the position of managing director of client services. Schwartz will be responsible for managing and servicing the company's clients. Most recently, Schwartz served as vice president, online and affinity marketing for Chase Home Finance, a division of JPMorgan Chase where he led all online marketing activities, including advertising, partnerships, search, lead aggregator relationships, e-mail strategy and implementation.

GOLF Magazine has promoted RON MULLIKEN to advertising director. Previously, he served as Northeastern manager. In his new role, Mulliken will oversee the publication's ad sales efforts nationwide. Prior to joining the magazine, Mulliken was executive sales director of LastMinuteTravel.com.