Active Marketing Group has appointed ERIC MAGNUSON to lead its nationwide agency operations. He was previously a member of the senior management team at Millsport, a sports marketing agency.

DONNA BIERNADSKI has joined Euro RSCG Chicago as group account director for the Sprint account. In addition, LIN YELTON was named director of operations for the Chicago office. Biernadski will oversee strategic and integrated marketing campaigns for Sprint. Lin will develop and oversee the strategic planning and day-to-day workings of the Studio, Production, Mount Room, Building Services and IT departments.

CHRISTY LEFEBVRE has been named account executive at BURST!; MARC CONDON was also named as account executive in Chicago; and MICHAEL COLLINS was named an account executive for the Detroit office of BURST!.

JULIA JONES has been promoted to senior vice president, director of media planning/New York, deutschMedia, from senior vice president, brand media director. She will oversee integrated planning, orchestrating all media planning for the New York office of Deutsch. BARI MERKOW was promoted to senior vice president, director of national buying, deutschMedia, from vice president, group director, national broadcast. She will oversee all national television and radio buying, as well as work with networks on branded entertainment and multimedia programs. Lastly, KARIN PRIOR has been namedvice president, director of interactive and emerging media, deutschmedia, from vice president, associate media …

CHRIS GILBERT, former EVP of sales, marketing and operations at Sega, has been appointed CEO of Adscape Media, an in-game advertising company that connects advertisers to the video game playing community. BERNIE STOLAR, former president of Sega, Mattel Interactive and EVP at Sony, has joined Adscape Media as chairman of the board.

Draft has promoted MELISSA CLEMENTE to vice president, print production director; TINA CLINE has been named vice president, account director, for Draft's Brown-Forman account and HOLLY QUINN has been named vice president, account director.

Carat Fusion has added five staff members in its New York office to handle media planning, buying and strategy duties on several accounts. The agency has hired LAURENLJUBICICH as an associate media director, LINDSAY BLAKE as a media supervisor; GARRETT ALBANESE as a media planner; CYNTHIA PAI as a media planner and BRITTANY GRIGGS as an assistant media planner.

Meredith has made a bevy of hires and promotions. ANDY SAREYAN joined Meredith as president of Better Homes and Gardens and executive vice president, Meredith Publishing Group; WENDY RICHES has been promoted to executive vice president, Meredith Publishing Group; TOM HARTY was promoted to executive vice president, Meredith Publishing Group; JACK BAMBERGER has been promoted to senior vice president, corporate sales; NANCY WEBER was promoted to chief marketing officer; MICHAEL BROWNSTEIN was named senior vice president and publishing director; DOUG OLSON was tapped as senior vice president of operations; and MIKE LAFAVORE was named editorial director for Family Circle …

JAMES KEPLESKY has been named vice president, interactive sales for Hachette’s Men’s Enthusiast Network. He’ll oversee the sales efforts for the Car and Driver, Road & Track, Premiere, Sound & Vision, Cycle World, Boating, Flying, American Photo and Popular Photography & Imaging Web sites. Before joining Hachette, Keplesky was senior vice president, strategic sales and marketing at Primedia.

CurtCo Publishing's San Diego Division has named STEVE FISHER to the position of vice president, custom publishing. Prior to joining the San Diego division's team, he worked for Sony Electronics, most recently as general manager and director of marketing for the QUALIA brand.