COLLEEN KASSNER wasnamed account manager,Popular Science. Kassner will be responsible for the continued growth in the consumer electronics and pharmaceutical categories, as well as the management of the New England territory. JOHN R. CAMPBELL wasnamedaccount manager,responsible for the management of an array of New York based accounts.

Meredith Corporation has named DENISE BRODEY as editor-in-chief of Fitness magazine. Brodey joins Fitness from More magazine, where she had served as special projects editor.

BRIAN QUINN was named vice president of advertising sales and marketing and will oversee all sales efforts for Dow Jones Online, which includes WSJ.com, MarketWatch.com and Barron's Online. Earlier this year, Quinn was promoted to vice president and national sales manager and previously served as director of Eastern and Midwest advertising sales for Dow Jones Online. KEN DETLET was named executive director, sales operations for Dow Jones Online, up from director. DANIEL BERNARD joined the company as vice president of marketing. Most recently, Bernard was global head of advertising development and product design for Reuters Consumer Media.

Mediaedge:cia has named RENEE MILLIARESSIS managing partner, account director to lead MEC’s communications planning team for agency client Colgate-Palmolive.

Intercept Interactive has launched Intercept, a full service interactive advertising agency to be helmed by ED KELLY, vice president/managing director. Kelly has held senior level interactive and integrated marketing positions at BBDO, Answerthink, McCann Worldgroup, EURO RSCG and Grey Worldwide.

GREG GOYNE has joined Firehouse as principal. In this role, Goyne will lead the account management group and have senior responsibility for leading the development of branding strategies and marketing campaigns for Firehouse clients. Prior to joining Firehouse, Goyne was a principal at The Richards Group.

JULIE ROTH NOVACK has joined Avenue A | Razorfish as the general manager of the Chicago office. Most recently, she served as executive vice president of corporate strategy, sales and marketing for Agency.com.

CHRISTOPHER BRUSH has joined ESPN as vice president of marketing for Mobile ESPN. Brush will focus on the marketing and advertising efforts of the company’s mobile businesses. Prior to joining ESPN, Brush worked for DIRECTV as vice president of marketing, responsible for managing all customer marketing campaigns for sports packages, movie services, pay-per-view, basic networks, publishing and sponsorships.

The Concept Farm’s co-founder and senior partner, HANK WASIAK, was named to the board of the American Heart Association’s Heritage Affiliate.

DAVE FAUSEL has been promoted to group account director at kirshenbaum bond + partners and AMY EAGLE joined the agency as a group account director.  Previously she was SVP, director of communications planning at Carat USA in NYC.