Response Media has named FRANK LAZARO as director of business development; ASMIRH WRUSHEN as an interactive media buyer/planner; CASEY MARTIN as senior project manager; and CONNIE MINNAUGH as a junior account executive.

HOWARD MITTMAN has been named advertising director of Popular Science. He had been national advertising manager at PopSci since 2005.

Sedgwick Rd. has hired CARRIE INGERSOLL as associate media director. She most recently worked for Starcom Worldwide in Chicago and Los Angeles.

CBS News will expand its medical and health coverage with an exclusive partnership with WebMD and the appointment of JONATHAN LAPOOK, M.D., as the new medical correspondent for the CBS Evening News.

BRUCE SEIDEL has been named senior vice president, program planning and special productions for Food Network. Seidel, in addition to his program planning and scheduling responsibilities, will handle the network’s development and production of special events and mini-series.

TV Guide has named MARY RAMSEY director, circulation planning and finance. Ramsey will be responsible for managing TV Guide’s rate base and overall circulation profitability. Ramsey most recently served as planning director at American Media, where she managed the circulation contribution, budget, and forecast process for fifteen magazines.

Discovery Networks has promoted JAMES LAVALLEE to director, ad sales marketing. Lavallee will manage all agency and client-directed business-to-business marketing. He most recently served as national manager, ad sales marketing, overseeing the ad sales marketing for Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, Discovery Times Channel, Military Channel, The Science Channel, Discovery HD Theater and BBC AMERICA.

MARK HALE, who has been the vice president of technology operations for The E. W. Scripps Company since 2005, has been promoted to senior vice president of technology operations. Hale will continue to oversee the Scripps information technology group, which provides strategic technological support for all of the company's national and local media businesses. He also serves as executive vice president of operations for Scripps Networks.

ARTHUR BRODEUR has joined Autobytel as vice president, business intelligence and corporate performance management. Brodeur joins Autobytel from AOL, where he was vice president, business intelligence for AOL Search.

Active Athlete Media has named ALAN VAN ORDER as the east coast advertising sales representative. He joins the company from Cendant Partner Marketing/The Away Network where he served as media sales manager.