Yahoo! has tapped DAVID KATZ to oversee the sports and entertainment divisions of the Yahoo! media group, which include Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! Entertainment, Yahoo! Movies, and Yahoo! TV. Katz joins Yahoo! after eight years as an executive at CBS Television Network, responsible for the Strategic Planning and Interactive Ventures departments. Prior to joining CBS, Katz worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.

DAN MCLAUGHLIN has been named channel development manager within EyeWonder’s Channel Development Group. McLaughlin most recently served as ad operations manager for MTV Networks, specifically for MTV.com and VH1.com.

JOHN WEISGERBER has been named vice president and general manager of the new ForbesAutos.com Web site. Weisgerber will oversee and manage the ForbesAutos.com business, including: ad sales, marketing, traffic, and site development. He has been with Forbes since 2002, most recently as vice president, corporate sales for Forbes Magazine Group.  Prior to that, he was publisher of American Heritage and Forbes Custom Media. 

PRIMEDIA’s Performance Automotive Group has promoted JERRY PITT to publisher of HOT ROD MAGAZINE.

Horizon Media has made a bevy of promotions in its local television group. JOSH GOLDMAN has been promoted to senior buyer, up from buyer. He joined Horizon as a TV buyer in 2000, from Bohbot Media. JEANNE YONKERS advances to senior buyer, up from buyer. Prior to joining Horizon, Yonkers was a local broadcast buying supervisor at Mindshare. DANA MONTALTO has been promoted to buyer, up from associate media buyer. Montalto joined Horizon in 1998 as a receptionist and then transferred to the local TV group as an assistant buyer. CHERYL TRUSKOLASKI has been promoted to buyer, up from …

MARLA SKIKO has been promoted to vice president/director of digital innovation at Tapestry, the multicultural division of Starcom MediaVest Group. In this role, Skiko will direct Tapestry's new IP group and manage research and integration with other forms of emerging contact channels such as VOD, DVR, mobile technologies, and gaming in respect to the multicultural consumer. Prior to this, Skiko served as director of investment.

Media services agency Media First International has named ED WEINER president and chief executive officer. Weiner, previously senior partner, will take over for RICHARD KOSTYRA, who will remain on as a consultant. 

ManiaTV!, a live Internet television network has named PETER CLEMENTE as its chief marketing officer. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of customer relationship marketing at Sony Corp's Digital Services division, vice president of CRM at Sony Music, and CEO at Oddcast.

Draft Chicago has named RICH KELLEMAN vice president, director of strategic planning on the Nokia account. Kelleman joins Draft from Upshot, where he rose from senior manager to vice president of creative planning, working on accounts such as Ford, P&G, and Sony.

SARAH COOKINGHAM has been named to the post of director, iMedia sales marketing for Discovery Networks, U.S. Cookingham joins Discovery from Virgin Mobile USA, where she most recently served as director, brand and communications. Cookingham oversees the development and execution of partnership deals for Discovery’s iMedia offerings, including Discovery.com, broadband, and Discovery On Demand.