American Express Publishing Corporation has expanded its online and international businesses, realigning the divisions into a jointly operated unit to be led by PHILIP WHITNEY. Whitney, who has established successful international licensing relationships and joint ventures for Travel + Leisure and Departures in his role as general manager of International, was promoted to vice president of Online Media and International.

KRISTIN BROWN has been tapped to lead the communications effort for TLC, overseeing all strategic, media and executive communications strategies for the network. Brown joined Discovery networks in 1997.

DAVID GOULD has joined Resolution Media as vice president of strategic operations. He will focus on refining the company’s financial planning process. Most recently Gould was the director of strategic sourcing for United Airlines.

CHRIS EAMES has been named senior vice president of new media advertising sales and marketing at Turner Broadcasting System. Inc. Entertainment and Sports. Eames will focus on building partnerships with advertisers in emerging areas of program integration, branded entertainment, content-based sponsorships and digital media technologies.

The Independent Film Channel (IFC) has promoted ELEKTRA GRAY to vice president of consumer public relations. Gray previously served as director of public relations for IFC. She joined IFC consumer public relations in 1999 as a manager and was promoted to director in 2002.

Mediacom has filled key positionsin its APAC team with the appointment of KEVIN CLARKE to CEO MediaCom APAC; DUANE BRUNER as director buying/optimization; DAVID CROSSLEY and NIHAR DAS as directors, strategic planning, and ADRIAN KING, tapped as director of research. Clarke joins MediaCom from MindShare. As CEO of MindShare Thailand, an office he launched eight years ago, he was responsible for helping win key clients and growing the business.

JASON HOVEY has joined Kaboose as vice-president of kids and educational properties. Hovey was the former general manager of Yahooligans! and Yahoo! education.

Return Path has named DENNIS MALASPINA as vice president of sales and client development for its Customer Acquisition Solutions product family. He was most recently sales manager at American List Counsel, where he led the firm’s sales team.

SUSAN CREDLE, currently an executive vice president, creative director and member of the Board of Directors of BBDO New York, has been promoted to executive creative director. In this role, she will continue as co-creative leader on Cingular Wireless as well as lead creative development on M&M’s and other agency brands. Credle joined BBDO as an assistant in 1985, and for the past ten years, she has served as both a writer and creative director on M&M’s.

GEORGE BLOOSTON has been named features editor for personal finance at AARP The Magazine. Blooston joins AARP The Magazine from Bloomberg News in New York, where he served as a retail and consumer news editor for the wire service.