MediaSpan Software has named ROGER RETKE vice president of product management; MediaSpan Online Services has hired CHARLIE PONGER as director of sales for its Newspaper and Radio segments and MediaSpan Network has named DAVID GORDON director of network ad sales.

THOMAS GEORGE, most recently a sports columnist with the Denver Post, has been hired as managing editor for NFL Network.

Scholastic Parent & Childmagazine has named STEPHANIE IZAREK editor-in-chief. Izarek served as executive editor since 2002.

VLAD WOLYNETZ has been named vice president of production, series and movies for AMC. In his prior role at AMC as director of original programming and development, Wolynetz oversaw the production of AMC’s first original movie, Broken Trail.

Southern Living has promoted TERESA WILSON LUX to vice president of marketing, responsible for the creation, development and management of major marketing programs.

LYNN CORTELEZZI and MITCH DUNN have been promoted to vice presidents, up from director of local media and account supervisor, respectively, at Empower MediaMarketing.

Starmark International has named CHRISTOPHER W. CLEWS vice president of consumer markets.

CHRISTIAN CUNNINGHAM has been named vice president of advertising sales for Freewebs.com. Previously, Cunningham was senior vice president of sales at Bolt Media.

KEVIN JONES was named vice president, urban & multicultural marketing, and KENNY BURNS was named consultant and lifestyle specialist at AMP Agency.

Q Interactive has promoted MATT WISE to president and CEO, replacing MATTHEW MOOG.