STEVEN MORRISON has joined DraftFCB in Chicago as senior vice president, director of broadcast editorial. In his newly created post, Morrison will be leading the editorial arm of the broadcast production & emerging content department being formed at the agency.

DAVID ZASLAV, president of NBC Universal Cable and Domestic TV and New Media Distribution, has been named president and chief executive officer of Discovery Communications.

PATRICIA LIPPE DAVIS has been appointed associate publisher, marketing for AARP Publications. Davis joins the company from Hearst’s Good Housekeeping.

KEVIN HONEY has been promoted to executive vice president, group account director at Saatchi & Saatchi. He most recently was senior vice president, management director. In his new role, Honey will oversee all of Saatchi & Saatchi’s field operations for Toyota Dealers.

ROSIE WALKER has been named marketing director for Smithsonian MagazinePublishing. Walker joins Smithsonian Magazine Publishing from National Geographic Traveler, where she served as marketing director.

GWEN BASINGER has been named executive vice president of R&R Partners’ newly established business development division. Basinger joins the agency from DDB Chicago, where she served as senior vice president, director of business development.

MIKE WILSON joined dentsuAmerica in New York as executive vice president and chief creative officer, a new position at the agency. Wilson most recently was senior partner and group creative director at Ogilvy & Mather, New York, where he was worldwide creative director on the DHL and Kodak accounts and also worked on the American Express Blue business.

BRIAN J. SMITH has joined Burst Media as an account executive in the Chicago office. Recently, Smith had been with CBS RADIO in Chicago as an account executive for the Chicago Bears Radio Network.

LAURA BURKHART SEBEKOS has been promoted from director partner management to vice president, partnership management at Jumpstart Automotive Media.

KATHY DELANEY, chief creative officer of Deutsch New York, and JEFFREY WOLF, partner-director of account planning, are leaving the agency to pursue other interests.